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VOLUME XLIII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1853. NUMBER 36. iTJccklji Oljio Stolt Journal IS I'U11LLHED AT COLUMBUS KVERT TUESDAY MOMttNQ, r SCOTT ft BASCOM, .otniui iDaDinas, maa .id rtiu. mure Emuuii on mn. TERMS Invariably in wtntnt. i In OolnmtinB, 92 00. jva by mill, 91 GO j clubs of four uid up.&rdji, $1.2Jj j of ten .ad up mnl , 1 1)0. Til r. DAILY JOURSAL u fumlibed to city lutoribfti u MOO, .nil by mall nt pr IKtn ytur. THE TIU-U'KEIILY JUUKNAL la (3.00 . JIM. HA TE.1 OF I D YEB TISIXO IX THE WEEKL Y JOURNAL Li ft c So 1 So In So 9o to It ! S &l. 76 1 00 1 2fil 762 263 604 1)06 008 608 00 ft sqiisraa, 76 1 261 To2 HoZ 604 0D6 00 0 00 8 00,13. B squares, 1 00 1 76 'J 2T.8 604 C()6 OOfl 608 0011. ksniitm, '1 253 60 4 00 6 00 0 00 8 0010. ,14. 23. ll square, clmnKfitbln monthly, 820k year) Wsukly ,. IV4 column, I clmauraliu) quarterly 'Ho. (W column. I chHiitri'a(ilH uuanorlv Iff). jl column, I cliMiufkblo 4"trtf rly 100. 10 linns of till slit-d typo 1i reckoned n squsrs. AdTfrttoements onlrrM on Um Inside exclusively, dnubU ths above. rb. All Issulwl node charged duuta, and tnessureu' as If solid, Poctrji. From the. Xnnla Torch Light. THE GOINGS F0RTH OF GOD. dv otway cum Y. Someone has sent us a lot of old newspapers printed in Xetiin, snmo of them nsonrly ns 1827. In ono of lhm a Torek Light nf 18:j9 w find among the so-lected mutter thu following, which, on it has nut beon repriuted hrn since, wo innori ngiin for tho edification of thnso who may have come upon tho st ago since that time: Gob WALKKTH ON THE EARTH. TIlO purling rill And mightier streams boforo him glance away, Rejoicing in hit presence. On the plains, And spangled fields, and in tho mazy valet, Tho living throngs of earth before him fall With thankful hymnf, receiving from hit hand Immortal life and glmlneit. Clothed upon With burning crowns tlio mountain -he raid a stand. Proclaiming to tho blossoming wilderness The brightness of hi coming, and the power Of Him who ever livoth, all in all! Gob WALKKTH os nil; ocean. Brilliantly - Tho glassy wntors mirror back hit smiles. The surging billows and the gamboling tonm, t'omo crouching to hii fret. The hoary deep, And the green gorgeous island, offer up The tribute of their treasure pearls and shell And the crown-like drapery of the flashing foam. And solemnly the trsselatcd hall", And coral domci, of mansions in tho depths, And gardens of the gnldcn-sanded seas, Blond with tho anthems of the chiming waves Their allctunhn unto Him who rules Tho invisible armies of eternity. God jouRNKvr.rit in the sky. From sun to sun, From star to star the livid lightnings flash ; And pealing thunders through all spaco proclaim The goings forth of Him whose potent arm Perpetuates existence, or destroys. From depths unknown, unsearchable, profound, Forth rush tho wandering comets i girt with flames, They blend in order true with marshaling hosts Of starry wornhippers, Tho unhallowed orbs Of earth-born lire that cleave tho hazy air, Blanched by tho flood of uncreated light, I My with the fleeting winds and misty clouds Back to their homes, and deep in darkness lie. Gob jouknkykti! in the HKAVKN3. Refulgent stars, And glittering crowns of prostrate seraphim. Emboss his burning path. Around him fall Dread powers dominions bouts and kingly throne". Angels of God adoring millions join With spirits pure, redeemed from distant worlds, In choral songs of praise " Thee wo adore, For thou art mighty. Everlasting spheres Of light and glory in Thy presence wait. Time, spaco, lilc, light, dominion, majesty. Truth, wisdom all are thine, Jehovah! Thou First, mt, ii'rurMi:, i:ti;unal Potentate ' " EATT DARLING. Oh, they tell mo tlmu art dead, Katy Darling, Thai thy smile I imy never more behold1 Did they tell thee I was lalse, Knty Darling. Or my love fur theo had n'or grnwn cold ? Oh, they know not the loving Of the hearts of loin's sons, When a love like to thine, Katy Darling, Is Iho goal tu tho race lb:it he runs. Oh, hear mo, sweet Katy ! For Ihe wild flowers greet me, Katy Darling. And tho love-birds nro singing on earn tree ; Wilt thou never more hear me, Knty Darling ? Behold, love, I'm waiting for thee. I'm kneeling by thy grave, Katy Darling' This world it all a blank world to me j Oh. couldst thou hear my wailing, Krdy Darling, Or think, love, I am sighing fur thee' Oli, me th inks the stars are weeping, . Uy their soil and lambent light, And thy heart would be melting, Katy Dsrhng, LoulUst thou seo thy lono Drrmot Ibis night. Oh, liitt.n, sweet Katy! For tho wild flowers are sleeping, Katy Darling, And the love birds are nestling in each tree ; Witt thou never more hear me, Katy Darling, Or know, love, I 'm kneeling by thee T 'Tis useless all my weeping, Katy Darling, But I 'II pray th it thy spirit bo my guide And that when my lifo is spent, Ksty Darling, They will lay ma dona to rest by thy side. Oh, a huge great grief 1 'm bearing. Though I scarce ran heave a sigh ! And I'll ever be ilrcaming, Katy Darling, Of thy love everyday till 1 die. Farewell, then, sweet Katy' For tho wild flowers will blossom, Ksty Darling, And Iho luve-birdi will warble on each troo ; But in Heaven 1 shall meet thee, Katy Darling, For there, love, thou 'rt waiting for nie ! A LITERARY CURIOSITY. Thii'i.i; Acuostic A writer in the Calendar of last week rotors to n triple ncroMic, which he gives in i mutilated form, inquiring ioi to ils paternity, uud tup-1 posing ii to btvn oiigiiiaied in itioukidi times. I hnvu seen it in a h mk print-d about half a century ago, which i all 1 know of its antiquity. Perhaps some of your cl issienl renders enn tell when nnd by whom it was written. It it m ininly a curiosity in its way, nnd thoro are but few Iuiiu scholars who could pro duco it, D hns . ue peculiarly to which the writer in ihe Calendar does not adveri, nntiudy, the position of Iho aeroitio word, in the centre of Iho middle verse, thoro bein the same numlmrof syllables in i mo nue, un cuui-r siuo oi inn worn; mil giving to the central word the central place, which is not among (he least of its uuny dilllculties. Will yon, Mr. Editor, a;io the acrostic ui a corrected lorm, which convettr it into good hexameter and good Latin i I( ntnrrunrta mlcam I gtiltl iMrrs, rud I V, xpellltt-'iiotirsi K tele I'lKH'iin ill orb K, H 1c ravisi rrmnvrt Jcsu H esl clhta unitir 8, V trill srimuntimul V era prsirnnli tnit U, olvm jumtlm S etc prubst osie bvstl a. I add a translation : i As the sun, hiniua amonc all thu stars of the stow. ing firmament drives nwny darkness from the whole world, so Jestis dispels the hlimlini! clouds of fmorah darkness, and, animating tho heart at iho stme tinm wuti a true devotu,,,, proves himsell In be tho Sou of Kignteouiiioss to the b!esrd. We have here a beautiful Idea happily expressed Wrii tig under the restraints of her dc vers". u:al in the aenMii) f irm, th nu'leirdoes not avail bimself of nnv imwiitj iiiiuioiti, or eoniptoinio Hie sense .Hid beauty ol Ids comparison. Will some of tho ei perls tell us to wiiom we sre indented tor so ingenious a specimen of ncrostln composition? If, as supposed, th author is an old monk, who has been sleeping in cold obscurity i or cuiourips, no suouid nn cxiiumeil, nml canonized forthwith as a fit reward for his poetic labors. Who is no i vun you, iwr. r.ditnr, siir up tho "academic snauBs, bb ne may no Hidden away among the brush-j wood of that fimous locality. On is ist. " Siriefb." The Tribune has the foil owing nn "strikes," that am making mechanics aud others rid i CUlOIIBl There is tn bo a strike anion,, thn oin'lli.t. Street-beggars, also, afior the next Tmrtb ni will refusoanyihing below a sixpence. Gentlemen and ladie wlm Bland outside of the enclosure whence balloons ascend, nnd peep through the cracks expert to receive n Shilliiif nmsm nfinr Mm hippodrome is opened, luedead-hcail of tho theatres exnect to roelve it ompeinaiinn after tho present se.i.n. fitber bull hell or its equivalent. inn congregations ol Drs. prosy preaching have nil struck, nml exped pew-rent free, and mat trasses for temporal rest. "Julius, why is de getttu' uut ob de bed de 31st oh August lika one ob Moore's melodies f Dims you gib ,,ui' "7 i,w' uouwu inonui in course i does Why 1 " Uaoauia It's tut last rose of sura in sr." illisccllany. "."ported In Hhort hand Kxprossly f.ir llin Cotton Plant. A FEW DAYS BEFORE AND A FEW DAYS AFTER THE INAUGURATION. WITH A BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF THAT EVENT. UT AN AI.AI1 AMIAN. Came around by sea from Charleston to Baltimore, where I went in aoe ihe newspaper from ' my town," in tlio Hrmlhern und Western lleadinff Room. Conve- uieut place; Imiiid tny piper Unck-Jo was dead- very Kind ui me iJalliumre iimrulmutn. Cr.t uh m tho inordifr wid a i:ood went down to tlio dmmt, and Hfter n quick run pot to Washington safo and sound. (Uleia (dd Aunt titikoy for so far.) 1 una nuruiy put my noso out ot car Uelore 1 was surrounded by "(llIifl.inB follows, Withluiigajlliu bellowi." I wna narticula ly struek with the Borrowl'ul look of n colored gentleman who necmed t tko (.MmpusHion on mo. Indeed, tho hotels were full wutild rIiow mo 11 nice privme. boarding Iioiipo. Tho cidored gontloinau was so kind tlmt 1 bunded him my curpM baa (idl tho bii-'siace 1 hod). Juit llim I f.-luoinnlnii'' tiibbliiin m my co;it luil. 1 lur I uroimd it was a liitlo iiiLnDuiin, wanting 1110 topivo linn a lout or broml for hi mother. Hadn't imy brtmd with tne. Turned nromni colored Reiillonmn w.is fjone turned nnumd nttn nnd liUlo inlHiiioui whs gfiiie. Overcom" sunk uu u piuo box imd befiatl t think. " Oh. ullico ifekiiig," thought I, " to wlmt risks you put u," (I'm nfnr nn ollico.) After awhile I pot up end walked to llio National " im room." Went to Wown " tinr:otn." Went unnmi down the Avenue " no room." Well, ln-inn nil Aln- bauiinn, nnd Imviiif rond tho Cotton Plant take, I thought I Imd a riaht to demand comfort from tho editor and so I walked iuto tho nflico nml nsked pro. tectmn; clerk referred to tho list mid whUpered in editor's ear. Question Aro you suro that you nro a subicriber T Mf. " No, didn't say faiturn n render." Clerk and Editor. " Oh!" I'llllSU. Editor. "Being from old Alabama, you havo a claim on me," After two hours hard work I was stowed nway in the fr tirth siory of a house in a room with twenty men, aud two to three in a bed. Having made n contract tu report lor tho Cotton Plant, I went to work early in, the morning, Subject lino: Twenty clmpson their hacks present-1 liifT -twenty noses twenty open mouths twenty tufts of front hair (itomo like hog's brinilos) forty foot sticking beyond (lie ihortctt blankets I huvo ever dtvn two hundred toes twenty dirly ficen forty ar os i ninysoiien minus 0110 wali Btiiuu uno tiain ono pile.her half full id' wtit.-r, noil ouo towel. An irin'o desire fir clcunliness uroiHed me, nnd I started for Ilm wnt.b land, so ns to ho die brut. Just ns 1 g it ball way, by noino foul inMiop, ttnruped on a new subject not calculated in my report. His f.cn was covered with hair, at.d lie lay kind uf erotn ways between the ' feet nf tho Bleeeis. I put my foot upon his fool, wliereupon he seized me by the leg nnd tumbled me over on n tremendous big fellow. Mellow, there," cnut tho tremendous big lellow, ns he gave mo u ircim-mbiuit big dig iiuder the chin, "hollow, theie." " Mellow, yourself," nnid a chap just beyond the bl' follow, as he struck out nnd tnd that gentleman over the eyo. "Kibt!" said ano'hor, pitching into a sleopin:; stranger, who, I ntn willlit'' to mvenr. was iiitntly uiicon- set uisofliurm. Kiht " ' li;;lit !" " light !" wrnt cried out. 1 he chap with b ur on Ins tare, wlioeo foot I h.ul irtnuped 011, now mndo a runh for tho door, tho clnrot (lying from bis lioso He had been getting it. Hu thrunt his head out of i door and Imwlcd down thu stairs, ' Fi-ati ! li ab ! ball " .(nil imnuinntlie etlect on ft crowded hotel! I was trying to realize it, w hen 1 1 suddenly but all consiioiomess except that another big I fellow came up to me and shouted Hull up ! -' and j before I couhl nay 'it wasn't me," did somelhiiiL' I d know whut. 1 awakened from a dre:nn (in which I thought I had immortalized myselt by discovering seveinl new stars of largest magnitude, uud nil entirely new milky way) by u tremendous ringing of bells, nod the rush nnd the noise of a tumultuous inultiiudo out doors. In ihe same moment a tearful looking rhip appearxl at the door. lie wore a red jacket, blue tnwserB, and a gla zed hat, with the words Vif;tlniiro File company rto. M, on II. tell you be dampened lia rh-wn. fie wnll- ed our feces gralis, nud lelt Us not a dry sheet in I lie, gtac-y, the whito man, of the designs ot the tribe, room to wipe on. j whereby they took the nlann anil well nigh escaped. It was the tnird of Mnrclt, and being ant is lied that He proposed to exnmino Iho prisoners, ns tu who gave ''tho night" would bo boisterous, I took occasion to ; information. The old men nnsentwl to this, and Nno-fold myself up on n sof.i until dinner. Alter dinner 1 1 man among the rest. Stncey was lirnt interrogated by went leick and folded myself up ng.iiu umil supper. ; i,o of the old nin, who spoke Kindisli, nud interpreted So you see I had n g"d sleep, and tuined day into' p, the o'liers. Stiuey refused to betray his informant. "'p'1' , , I His wife was tlieu questioned, while at tlie sann mo' iext inortuii'f, iriuiitauu early, I was on my legs ; onwiig iin-noii luemaii nigui. in- uay win coin toui , indy, widi n slight rain. Harly in tlio morning the penplo ttintiuaiiils upon thoiiBimds bewail to move, all concentrating upon the Avenue. By ten o'clock Ihe whole city was iu motion. Omnibuses, wnviii'r with hauliers and tilled with delegations Irom oilier cities, i drove ratedly up and drwti the street, cheering each i other a s i h'y paed. Men on horseback carnages country wu:.on market rai ls hacks loot inuls, cov ered lh. bioad street from the Whito House to the Capitol, ii ul e-nh moment added to ihe number and confusion. The two (lags were S'-en streaming from Ihe dome of the Capitol, unhealing tlmt Congress was still silling, nml whoso wearied and sleepy members, and some half intoxicated, were hastily pushing thro' himines.i which should have been done at the early weeks of (he ses-iou. Every balcony was 111 led nnx- n, us neclis were slretcle-.l-h iwling babies were held j up by fat Irish uiir-ei, indignantly waning the procea- 'tj the third aud last time." Thonuony of ihe mother ion-boy were i limbing trees clubs el tipsy young I wnxed nioro hitter ; ii!ain she sought the eyo id Nun-men could hMtiefn everywhere, supporting i-neh other j Iuftii, but it was cold and motionless ; a pauan ofamo-upon the prinrtpie "divided we fall." The pnlirn roiii- muniiiwaited Imt reply, nnd Ihe tomnhawks were rniied tnencetl scoorui" the street uol's went into battle onieho'ly said the Mill had came out, whereupon tb-ro vas a irenietiiious itieering inun nmit r twenty iin.u-snud umbrellas somebody said falsely, tij:hl! upon which thero look pi ice n half dozen reul ones, uud so on as nt every greit g ithering. All nt euro theftigs struck on Ihu Cnpiiol. "Congress his adjutrned," was shouteil liy thoiisaiuln " here ihey c:me." In u moment a party of Marshals swept up the street a b ii file's blast Wit heard, und the United Stales Flying Artillery appeared on tint Aveiiuo. Soon the immense proees-ioii, civil and military, nro in lull length view There were n tremendous set ol bu-le(ed nud round shouldered fellows, calling tfiemseUes military men, who went trumping out of time alier n bra band. Baehrompanv had a b ind of innic, and earh li icd pi ' od dill'ereiit tunes on dilferi lit keys, nnd so muimged to make a deal of m-iso nml discord. V hilo standing at-ni'tst sull'oca'ed between two fat wein-ii in a b ilcony, a Mule nit bin elevated lo i-xnci!y in d'T my car hv n di.'Volrd papa, stnriled me by Iwre lie here he comes," cried even body ' Th'To's the Pre ddenl!" " Iluriab ! Hurrah ! Hurrah ! " G"t out from there, yon b iihering bhindi ihu-N," exclaimed n Pnddy below tne, to n lm 'kinitii who h id run his hor-.es close up to Ids honor's bo.jy, " g t out, or I'll smash Your btsts fitures, " '(iit voiir h'indkercbers ready," said an excit.d waherwoiiiaii-biol;ui;: person, "lo wave for the Presi dent. By this time Gen. 1'ierco, in an open carriage . -.i. the executive escort, passed "nur stand. " Hero be is ihero he is,'' vocil.'rated th urchin, till be mailo my ears ache. "Take your basts head away, ur I'll bloody his nose. Tk him nway. Hurrah for Democracy! Ould Ireland, and Giner.il Pierce." " Wave your h indkerchers wave, wove lo ihe President," and the old lady commenced working her arm up and down, making her "hamlkerrher" wave - i.. i c. .i... n-..: i... I....1 1 and every handke'rcb.ef bad .ped ils greolin g, and wo were enjoying ihe procession, the oal lady's arm none in the end for mo ? Ihey havo ail betrayed mo! kept going up ami down us ihough mechanically. Yes, nil, I except Irom Ibis number tho good Eugene " You will bo so kind, madam," spoke out in a calm n"l yourself. Adieu! my donr Josephine. Bo resign-voice a dignified g-Mitlemnn wiih an awlully crushed ! ed. I m, and never forget him who never forgot, h it. and rubbed-uMigiiustcnai, "to cense waving your ; nml never will forgot you. Farewell, Josephine. white handkerchief, the President and his escort havo i Navolkon,' passed us snmo timo sinco." I Upon rending these tidings so terrible, Josephine The old lady looked at him over her spectacles, still . was overwhelmed with grief, uud immediately answer-keeping her nrni going like a pump hnmlln. nt his letter, breathing the same spirit of devotion tu " The President has parsed ns, inndam," cnni timed ! him, who was once her husband, that had always char-the genileinati. I acteriz' d her noblo henrt, and entreated him lo say hut !. loiuiM, r, l in ..nr.! u i..-ar.. : "lie Pr-es-ediuil bus n-assed so mo limo since. shouted the eentlMnan nt the top of bis voice. "Yes, I know," replied the old lady in n ::raiefol ton" of voice, who thought her friend was kindly im-nu tin 't in formal ion. ns she turned nuaili uooii the street her broad lacs, keening her arm going all th-) timM. "Fire I fire!! fire!!! The recollection of the morning came over me. throw my sell from the balcony to the waterspout, nnd determined to reach the street speedily. I did reuch it speedily, unseating my pantaloons and a bilow on n box, who pitched into me, I was desperate at the ruin of my only presentable pants (1 culled them my delegation pants, as I was tu be presented in litem next day to the President by my delegation), and accord-1 ingly 1 walked into the gentleman rather to his concern. With my coat torn, my pants ruined, nnd my hat worse than shucking, I was escorted by the po lice, and locked up, 1 got a good bed, and after a tolerably long minnx considering, uy from '2 o'clock M. to seven o'clock next morning, t wua taken lo the Justice Court. I gave nu assumed name, Henry Dig-gins, nnd wns cl-ared on account of tlio "occasion." Here l mn, Mr. Cotton riant, hard up, wanting nil otlico, I chargo you livo dollars for this report, nnd if your renders like It, will give you tbn experience ol an Ullice Hunter a ihtiiimg drama, in three acts, The French have been apply ins for Nnpoleon's Will, deposited nt Doctor's Commons. Now wo should have thought that the French had mure than enuiigh lately articulated the following prnyor: of iho will of ono NaiiolHon nutto havo wished lor ano- ' O (tod! watch over Napoleon while he remains inert but perhaps this craving of the French for the in ihe desort of this world. Alas! though ho hath coin-wills of other persons may be aucotinted for by tho tact milled grent faults, hath he not expiated them by great of their having so very littlo will of their own. jPitncV sutler lugs ? Just Uud, Uiuu bait luuked into fail heart, NA0MAN-AK INDIAN TALE. We copy the following from one of Willis' graphic, racy descriptions, in that excellent paper, the Home Journal: My next neighbor up stream, Mr. Philip Verplank, (between whoso noble prom un lory-1 awn nnd our own Highland eyrio those two stroams have their meadow-meoliiig and united forthgoinu) gives me the following as a tradition which may posnhly contain the etymology. It is 11 slip from tui old newspaper, and I copy it as it stauds: ' LiUlo moro than a century ago, tho Iteautilul region watered by this stream wni p()H8i?gsed by n smnll tribo of Jndiutia which has long since hecomo extinct, or incorporated with some other savago nation of tho West. Threo or four hundred yards from where the stream discharges itself into the Hudson, ft whito family of the name of Blacey had established itself, in ft log house, by tacit permis-d'.n of the tribe, to whom Stacoy had made himself useful by hisskiil in a variety of little arts highly estimated by the savages. In particular a frioudfthip subsisted betweun him and an old Indian called Nnoman, who often came to his house and partook of his hospitality. The Indians never; forgive injuries or forget benefits. The family consisted of iStacey, his wife and two child run a boy and a girl tho former live, tho hitter threo years old. One day Naomari came to Stacoy'a log but, in his abaeuuo, lighted his pipe nnd sat down. He looked very sorious, sometimes sighed deeply, but said not a word. Htncoy's wife nsked him what wns tho matter, nd if he was sick. Ho shook his head, sighed, but said nothing, and soon wont nway. The next d iy he . cumoAguin,and behaved in tho same nmuner. Stacoy's wid began to think strange of thin, nnd related it to her hnnband, who advised her to nrgo the old man to an explanation Hie next time bo cuino. Accordingly, when he repeated his visit tho day af ter, sho was more import unite than usual. At last the old Indian said; ' I am a red man, and the palo faces are our otiomies why should I speak?' But my husband and I nro your friends; you have eaten suit with us a thousand lime, and my children have sat on your knee as often. If yftu have anything on your mind tell it mo, 'It will cost mo my life if it is known, anil the white-faced women aro not good at keeping secrets,' roplied Nao man. Try me and seo. 'Will you swear by your flrent Spirit, you will tell none but your husband?' I havo none else tu lell. 'But will you swear?' I do swear by our Great Spirit I will HI none but my hns-hind. ' Not if my tribe should kill you lor not tolling?' Not if your tribe should kill mo for not telling. N, n 111 u 11 then proceeded to tell hor that, owing to some encroachments of the white peopln, below the uuiuutaiiis, his tribo had become irritated, and were resolved that night to inissacroall tho white sottlers wilhin th.or re,.rli. Tlnit aim mint .iwl fin- tmr Ima. t, n,,i if..rm Li,., ..f .in,..r,. ...i i speedily as p.issiblo t ike their canoe and paddle with , Ic- r'1'"' tt"ulU mu,i- aml ul1 other unbearable things all baste over tho river to Fishkill lor salety. Be 1 ,0 cntnd with. eterday, Ireezmg; to-day,thaw-qui- k nr.d do nothing tint may excite suspicion," said .u,lt 1 ft,1n'p 1 1" a?c!'ullt 1,1 my. Naom m ns ho departed. The eood wilo soueht her "faience, and sutleriugs, and hasten to give you a husbaud, who was down on tho river fishing, told h the story, mid as no time was to ho lost, they proceeded to tlfir boat, which wan unluckily filled with water. It took kuiiih time to clear it out, uud meanwhile Stacy recollected his gun which hail been left hehiud. He proceded to the house and returned with it. All thii took up coiiHidurable time, and precious time it proved to this poor fmnilv. Tito daily visits of old Naomuu, :md his more than ordinary gravity, bud excited suspicion in mono of the tribe, who had accordingly paid particular attention to who had been kept on tho watch, soe-tiir the whole family about to take liieir boat, ran to the little Indian Tillage, abuuta mile otl, nnd gave the alarm. Five In-! diaiis collected, run down to the river sido where their cimies were moored, jumped in uud paddled after Sia- cey, who by this time had got tome distance out into ; I be 1 renin Thev unim-d 1111 dim an fiat lb .1 fi,. h i dropped his paddle and took up his gun. But his wile prevented his shooting, by telling him that if he fired, nnd they wero af terwards overtaken, they would meet. no mercy from the Indians. Heiirrordingly retraim-d, i, , I t.i;i ..iit.. ti!i ii... Biu..r r..n...i ;.. .i-.... ' down liia fon-bninl' All win i Nl imt ,!, ibr,v iu..r.i i overtaken wilhin n hundred yuids of the shore, and 1 catTied I nek with shouts of yelling triumph. When they cot ashore, the Indians set lire lo Stacev's house, nod diag'.'od himself, his wile nud children, lo man among iho rest, assembled to deliberate upon the att'iir. The chief nmonrj them, stated that some of tho tribo bail undoubted I v li,-i-o intiltv nl l mutton ie n...,ri. IM, t two ImliaiH stood threatening the two children ! wtl, intiialiawks incase s in did nut confess. She at- tempted lo evade iho truth, by declaring that sho had a dri'iun the night before, which bad alarmed her. nml that she had persuaded her husband to fly. "The (ireit Spirit never (bd;ins to talk in dreams to n white (lli;fl a(ti,i ,, !, ilnant Woman, thou hast two t mgues nml two faces. Spenk tho truth, or thy cbib (i,Pn i,n HUrr.y The little Ivy nnd girl were ttien ttrouglil closo loner, and the two savages HtorxJ over them, ready to execute ihir bloody orders, " Wilt Ihou tinmo," said tho old luiliati, "the red man who betrayed his tribe, 1 will risk theo throe limes." The mother answered not. " Wilt thou nnino the traitor? This is iho second time." Tho poor mother look i d at her husband, and then at her children, and stole n glatire at Naotmiti, who sat smoking bis oipe with invincible gravity. She wrung her liauds und wept, imt remained silent. " Wilt thou name tho traitor ? over tho bends if the childron, who beanuidit their )notber nut to let them I murdered. " Slop." nrb-d Natimiui. AH eyes wero turned upon him. "Slop," repeated he in a tone of authorily. " While woman, thou hast kept thy word with mo to the Inst moment. I um tho traitor. I have eaten of the salt, wnrmed myself nt the firi, shared the kindness of these Christian white people, and it wns I that told them fif their danger. I am a withered, lenfless, nraiirniess trunk; rut me down it yon will. 1 nui A yell ot indignation sounded on nil sides. , iiii i i i i i mi, nuiiiiiii'-o ui- iui u won mm iiiumiiT in nit in, null submitted to his fain. He fell dead at the feet of the white woman by a blow of a toinahiwk , no .,.. ny i,.w o a w on. But tho sacrifice of Naoman, nml the hrmnosn of the Climlinn,wl,il- woman ,1 t.,,111 to .nvMlmliw, ol (be other vietiniB. Thev n,rtabeil how. it I nond. , , , ., 71 . . , . , i I, ! . ; .ml Iho memory of .her Mo h. Ie preserved ill the name ot the P easant siream en whoso i i , ,i r . i i 1 ,i ,i i t ... : Murderer's Creek. inB DEATH OF JOSEPHINE. Darkness and clouds mirrounded ihe pathway ur Nu noil-oil. In v.iin In fttro'"hwl tit retrieve bta iortnnn The last eiigag.-ment at l.eipsio derided his fortunes for the timo mid consigned him to Elba. Napoleon was an oxilo, but in his retirement he did not in,, no il.n miv bMoof b,. iiv.ir t-fti.llv lovt-d. hi I,., I sephine'. Ho immediately addressed a letter tuber, hieaihinj: tho same spirit towards her that he had al-1 emmtry centuries ago, nnd who inhabited ill" it can-! ways manifested, ratbercongraiuliting himself that his ""I supposed that this vast continent has been por-' i.,iwl nml anirit tu.. Cn,.r i rum dri ..imnnoiiii widoiit 1 milted to bo n howling wilderness tor so many thoti- ;of cure, and intimating that hereafter bis pen should . lm anhaiiiotK i',,r ilm aworil "The world," said ho, " hi ns yot, only mmiii me in ....('it.. I .li.il! n,,ur .Imiu? ii.v.,11 in loll Hour tiinntr things have I lo disclose! how mnnv are the men upou . u-h.wo n I niliinnlx ina mini n ui'fli I tinvn itin. ' benefi.sup.m millions of wrelcbes! Whal havo they ll wor.i. ii .no worn,, iiy .. n. ... u,. I rircumstatires connected with her illness nnd death wo give in th Itiugunge el Mr. Abtioll. A few duvs after this letter was written, tho Empe-i r-r Alexander, with n number of illustrious guenis, lined with .loseidiiiio at Malittaiiton. In the evening twilight, ilm party went out upon tho beautiful lawn in front of tbn bmisn for reerenllon. Josen bine, I whose hcnlih had beuome exceedingly precarious 1 1 through euro and sorrow, being regnrdless ot herselli ! m devotion to her friends, took a violent cold. Iho next ilay sho wns worse. Without any definite form nl disease, she day alter day grew more taint nnd lee - 1.1.. i.ld it ulna uvidi.nl lb.il linr final rliniife urna mnr ! nt baud. Eugene and Ilortenso, hrrmost nueclinnaie children, wero with her by tlav nnd by night. They commit ideated toher the judgment of her physician, I hut deulh wns near. Nhe hertiil thn tiiliiioa with onr - feel composure, and called for a clergy mail londmiii- is'er to h -r the last rites of religion. Just alier this solemnity the Emperor Alexander en - tered the room. Eugene and Horiensn, bathed in in tears, wero kneeling ut their mother's side. Jose phitio berkom d to lh P.uipernr to approach her, nml said to him nud her cliildro i, " I have always desired the happiness of Frnnce. I did nil in my power to contribute to it ; and 1 can say with truth, to all of you now present, at my Inst moments, that tlio tirst wife of Nnnoloon never caused a tear to fl-iw. She culled for the portrait of the Emperor: alio un' zed upon ii long nnd tenderly; nnd then, fervontly i pressing it in her clasped hands to her bosom, faintly and hast seen by how nrdent a desire for useful and durable improvements he was animated. Deign to approve my last petition. And may this image uf my husband bear mo witness that my latest wish and my latest p royal1 were for him aud my children." It was tho 2iiih of May 1814. A tranquil summer's day was lading away into a cloudless, serene and beautiful (i veiling. Tho rays of the suiting sun struggling through the foliage of the open window, shone cheerfully upon the bed where the empress wasdying. The vesper songs of the birds which filled the groves of Mnlmaisoti floated sweetly upon t lie ear, ond the gentle spirit of Josephine, lulled to repose by these sweet anthems, sunk into its last sleep. Gazing upon the portrait of the emperor, she exclaimed, ' L'islo d' Elbe Napoleon!' and died. Alexander, as he gazed upon her lifeless remains, burst into tears, and uttered tliefollowilignllectiug yet just tribute of respect to her memory: She is no more; that women whom France named the beneficent, that angel of guodnos is no more. Those who have known JuHcphiue can never forget her. She dies regretted by her offspring, her friends, nnd her contemporaries."For four days her body remained shrouded instate for its htirinl. During this lime more than twenty thousind of tho people of France visited her beloved remains. On the 2nd of Juue, mid day. the funeral procession moved from Mnlmaison to Huel, where the hotly was deposited in a tomb at the village church- The funeral services were conducted with lite greatest maginticenco, as tue sovereigns 01 tlie allied armies united with the French in doing honor to her memory, when nil hud 1 eft the church but Eocene nnd Hortense, they knelt beside their mother's grave, and for ft long time mingled ineir prnyers aim itieir tears, a beautiful monument of white marble representing the empress kneeling in her coronation robes, is o roc ted over hor burial-place, with this simple bntelTecting inscription: KIIOENE AND HORTKKSE TU JOSEPHINE. ANTIQUITIES Og AMERICA. The following letter, which we copy from the Boston Horald, will claim attention. The writer of it is attached to a party who are engaged in making a sur vy fur the location of a railroad through New Hampshire and tho Northwestern part of New England. The facts stated by him must excite curiosity and study; and if they be fully established, may well demand the fullest investigation: Nestor Gap, Franklin Co., March 27, 18.13. Dear U.: Wo aro in tne small haoilet which bears tho name of Nistor Gap. We have boeu groping about, for the last two weeks, under the most discou- raninc circumstances. Wo havo had snow, hnil, sleol. sketch of a most extraotdioary discovery made by us, Veaterday, wo were surveying near the brow uf tho range of hills which makes up from this gap. Tho air win piercing and chilly, and filled with driving snow. Suddenly the suu closed in, and rain, mingled with hail, drove us to seek a shelter. There was no house or sign of liumau habitation within eight miles of us. Captain Edwards, who lends our party, had met with a severe sprain in the early part of the day, and was tnc:tpnblo of exerting himself; bom 1I1U cause lie sutiereit severely, witiie pHintutiy tracing our way in quest of shelter, Mr. Samuel Emerson, my .companion and chum, discovered a clift in the sido of "bo mountain, wiucii couia bo approacbed very easily, "d "..uid afford a sulhnent retreat for our party, We ro,;,11l'l H") "Pt, and bestowed ourselves as cosily roMlhle- wuro Plted both rum the wind nmf ,il,,rn1, . T.10. " 01cl"m ,of oar, fel.ngs, and tho udden TUsh ol blond 1(1 the SIlMnce, which always I follo"s like that to which we had been sub- l!,'ctf!('' 111 ft Utaot Xn very coin- '"r'ft1'10- . wuu nuw can uo .ong quiei, oegun o exiiloro every side and comer of our retreat. He noticed ft large ilat stone, which sounded hollow as he M1,r"ck U V nl'l,wurt'a l hi '"g "l' tho. R'""'l. i d'hcounected with any other ruck. Besides his quick y "Weu uuu n e none was oi a unteren ctiarac- ler Irom the natural formation oi the mountain. This was etiou'-h to excite his curiosity. With thu help (,f md 0,,l,thor' !'10 wfhich .WM '"B ut an angle, was removed, and we found an aperture beneath, lined with rude steps. This was n spur to further explorations. Alier half an hour's rather hard work, wo succeeded in making nu opening sutlicieutly large to atlord nu entrance. Before us lay n cave. Emerson, would have entered it nt once, but Captain Edwards restrained him until Mich time as ventilation would render it sufe. Emerson went iu first ; I followed, and the rest came after us. After descending seven steps, thu aperture widen ing all tho way, wo found ourselves in a spacious cave with the roof ncending, until it reached a height ol nearly forty feet. The size of tho chambur was, by actual measurement, ninety-four fret long, and sixty llireo feet wide at its widest part. Beyond this another flight ol steps, seemingly deeper than the lirst, extended to utiother chamber, but we have not vet explore.) it. What lay heyoud the first room, to wlnt extent tho cave reaches, or what it contains, remains to bo seen. But, judging from what we have already discovered, the investigations that are to he made will possess the most overpowering interest. When we Imd been in tho envo long enough to accommodate our eyes to tho dim light furnished by the opening we had made, we began to make our observation. Wo were filled with astonishment at what lay before us. The cave or grotto had evidently been used as a hiding place lor treasure, nml a place lor conceulmeut by those who had used it. Implements for defense lay iu croups upon one sido. They were of an exceed ingly antique form. Hero antiquity rested upon eve ry article be l ore us. the dusl id ages had settled down upon all things in the cave. Iu one corner we found throe earthen vessels, of I singular construction and shape. These were filled wuti ctin.oi silver, brass nnd iron hut mostly ul brans of various shapes. Tho coins born tioiinaire, were coaisely but most curiously wrought, and Captain Rdwntds, who Initials some knowledge of coins, declares them to bo entirely unlike any thing which ho Imd over seen or road of, and of a very ancient date. But the must singular and interesting discovery of all coiithts in our having tumid, in n niclie, so vera I known to us, upon wincb were i upon which were inscribed figures and characters, the meaning of which, ns yet, we have not been able to dett rnnno upon, or make out tho nation r ,,, , whioh , " ,,,. ,ns. i ... . , . ,f,.. i " i i .,,,;,, UKl,riK i.ulm.i.,xl,t. Wot,!k ' . ! '.. n - with us provbions or a weok, and bending lorourac- c mi-lil)Bi w ,,,, L.C y , c,,011i,er ,irMlly ! , i . , i ' i ... . J, discovered, unpiam nu warns is bo uoepiy liiioresieu iu the investigation before him, he hns abandoned, for a we. k at least, his surveyingexpedition. Hois tilled with the highest hopes, and, although a cold aud unimpressive man in the ordinary concerns of life, ho is now animated with thu greatest enthusiasm. Conversing n the topic this afternoon, lie de- dares his belief that both the coin nnd the scrolls have i a dato anterior to the Christian era. If this bo so, we 'certainly havonrluo that will conduct us lo an inquiry that has hitherto been clouded ill mystery and the si- U'licn of the grave "What was the condition of this I sand years; or that oar mighty rivers have Unwed through rich nud lertdo valleys since the creation. without tlio intelligence ol mau to sound the praises ul 1(10 1,'lfd Hlld Maker 111 Uicm Oil. ! Captain Edwards has forwarded a small quantity of Hie Willi, mm II Birnii oi no. mumi.u in, im hi uniui-r. 1 Cornelius It. Edwards Esq., of the Exchange Cotteo House, with a request that ho would lay them before the b'srued and st ieutiho men nt tioston, and also bo fore the faculty of Harvard University. Hisletturund package will doubtless reach the city by the same con veyauce that brings you this, and I recommend you to call on him anil view tho curiosities nf our cave. Be sides, lie may hive other and mure minute descriptions from Captain Edwards himself, than I ntn able, iu this hurried letter to give. You may depend upon heariug from me on our return tu this place We have a mail but once a week, which passes every Wednesday, so that you may expect to hear Irom tne more at length, , f , , of , wmU " . . . I remain yours, Jfcc, OH Alt I.ES G. PHO0TO It. SPRING IB COMING. Tiny blades uf grass aro struggling between Iho I ciiy's pavements. Fathers and bus-bauds, sighing, look at the tempting shop wlliJoWS dolcluiiy cuinitmg tho ! cost " of a spring ouiht. Mulls, nnd boas, nnd tippets ore among tint things unit were; anu snawis, and " 1 almas," and innniies, nnd nme tores oj oonnets, reigu supreme, though maiden aunts and sage mammas 1 sun niuuer ram wiuui, rani w mu, uuu cuuotu ino I Sin II Her sidewalk. I Housekeepers ure making a horrible but nocessnry I Babel, snipping up carpets, und disemboweling old closets, cheats and cupboards. Advertisements already 1 unnoor in ihe newspapers, selling forth the superior ad- vantages ot this or that dog-day ret rent. Mrs. Jones drives Mr. Jones distracted, at a regular hunr every eve- 1 tdng, hammering about " change ul sent o and air, ' aud I the "health of the dear children i " which, translated, i means a quantity of new bonnets and dresses, and a trip to Saratoga lor herself and tntimnle friend, Miss : Hob Nob; while Jones lakes his meals tit n restaur uut, I sleeps in the deserted house, sews on his missing but 1 tons and dicky strings, and spends his leisure hours where Mrs. Jones don't visit Spring is coming. Handsome carriages mil past, freighted with lovely women, residents ot ulherclties. for an afternoon drive! Dash oil, ladies ! You will scarcely find ihe environs of Huston surpassed, wherever you may hail from. A thousand pleasant surprises await you : lovely wedding nm lis. and nrettv cottages, and more ambitious houses with irrouns of statuary hidden amid tho foliaito. Hut furgol nut to visit our tweet Mount Auburn. Hush light laugh and merry jest as the gray-haired porter throws wide tho gate ! r your prancing horses to tread the hallowed ground. The dark old tines throw out their protecting orins above you, aud, in their dense shade, skep jyes us bright forms as lovely as your own while "the mourners go about the stroeis." Kille nut, with sacrilegious hand, the flowers which bloom at the headstone tread lighllyoverthe beloved dust ! Each tenanted grave entombs bleeding, living, hearts ! each has its history, which eternity shall aloue reveal to you. Spring it coming ! 'I he city belle looks fresh ns a new-blown rose- tossing her bright curls in triumph, at her fuultless costume and beautiful luce. Her lover's name is Le gion for she hath also golden charmil Poor little buttetlly ! bright, but ephemeral! You were made lor something better. Shakothedust from your earth-stained winga and $oart Spring is comine ! From the noisome lanes and alleys of tho teeming city, swonn little children, creeping forth like insects to bask iu God's sunshine so free to all. Squalid, for- siiKon, negiecieu, iney are yei oi ttiose to whom th Sinless said " Sutler little children to come unto me." The disputed crust, the savage curse, the brutal blow. their only patrimony! One's heart aches to call thu childhood ! No " spring!" no summer, to them! Noisome sights, noisome sounds, noisome odors! and the leprosy uf sin following them like a curse. Oae longs to fold to the warm heart those littlo forsaken ones ; tu smooth those mailed ringlets, to throw between them nud sin the shield of virtue to teach their little lisping lips to say "Our Father!" Spring U'coming ! Ye.s, its blue skies are over us its soft breezes shall fan us the fragrance of its myriad flowers be wafted to us. Its mossy carpet "hall bespread for our care less feet our languid limbs shall be laved at its cool fountains its luscious fruits shall seud health through these leaping veins while from mountain top, and wooded hill, and flower-wreathed valley, shall Ho it ono glad anthem uf praise from tiniest feathered throats. Dear reader! From that human heart of thine shall no burst of grateful thanks arise to Him who gitWA all? While nature adores shall man be dumb f G d forbid ! Fanny Fkhn, A SCENE IN PATAQONIA. Patagonia is a country of which less is known than uuy other upon the western Continent. Mr. Bourne's late work, therefore, which contains the narrative of a considerable stay and extensive travel in that country, is all the more welcome. To learn that human nature in Patagonia has much in common with bumau nature elsewhere, it is only necessary to read the passage an iiexed: "One evening, the chief, his four wivos, two daughters, nu infant grand-daughter, and myself, were scattered about die indue, enveloped in asmoke of unusual strength unit density. While the others sat around us unconcerned as so many pieces of bacon, I lay flat. with my face close to tho ground, aud my head covered with a pieco of gitanaco skin, the only position iu which it wan possible to sain any relief from the stilbng fumigation. While in this attitude, I fancied 1 heard tlio tramp of many feet without, and a coniused muttering, as it a multitude ol Indians were talking together. Presently a hoarse voice sounded in front, evidently aimed nt the ears of some one within, to which the chief promptly replied. I caught a few words enough to sail id y me tlmt I was not the subject of their colloativ. but that there was a ladv in the case and listened curiously, without any of the ! (right which grew out of the previous negotiations. The convocation grew animated, and the equanimity of his high mightiness the chief was somewhat disturbed, I cast u penetrating glance into the smoke ut tho fomalo members ol our household, tn discern, if possible, whether any one of them was specially interested. One look was suOicionl: the chiefs daughter (who, by tho way, was a quasi widow, with one hope-tul scion springing up by her side), sat listening to the conversation with unxioty nnd apprehension visible in every feature. Her mother sat near her, her chin resting upon hor hand with an anxious and thoughtful expression of countenance. The invisible speaker without, it soon appeared, was an unsuccessful suitor of the daughter, and had come with his friends to press his claim. He urged his suit, if not withclasaic, with 'oarimst' eloquence, but with success ill proportioned to his effort, The chief told him ho was a poor,good-for-nothing fellow, had no horses, and was unfit to be his son-in-law, or anyone else's. Tho outsider wns not lobe so easily put oil'; ho pressed his suit with fresh energy, allirming that his deficiency of horses was from want ol opportunity, not from lack of wilt or ability to impropriate the first that cumu within his reach. On the contrary, ho claimed to be as ingenious and acconiplidied a thief as ever swung a lasso or ran otl a horse, and a mighty hunter besides, whose wilo would never sutler fur want of greaao. The in-exornble chief heron t got considerably excited, told him ho wnsnp'ftr devil, nnd might bo oil" with himself; he wouldn't talk any moro about it. The suppliant, us n last resort, appealed to the fair one herself, beg ging her to audio on his suit, and assuring her, with marked emplnsis, that, if successful in his aspirations, he would give her ptentu of grease. At this last argu ment she was iinnhlo tu resist longer, but entreated her Tather to smction their union. But the hard-hearted parent, not at all mollified by this appeal from his de cision to an inferior tribunal, broke out in a lowering pasiiou, and poured forth a torrent of abuse. I he mother here luierposed, ami besought him not tu bo angry with the young folks, but tn deal more 1 gently and considerately with them. She even hinted thai he might have done injustice to ths young man. He might turn out a smarter man than ho bail credit for. He might who knew ? make a fine Chief yut, possess plenty ol horses, and prove a highly eligible mi'ch for their daughter. The old fellow had been (for him) quite moderate, but this was toomuch. His rugo completely mustered him. He rose up, soied the pnppoose'i cradle, and hurled it violently out of doors. hiiiI tho other chatlelsnititerlHininff tn his dmirh. ter. went after it iu rapid succession. Ho then ordered Iut to follow hr goods, ins'antcr, with which benedic tion she departed, responding with a smile of satisfne. tton, doubtless anticipating the promised luxuries of her new home, the vison ol which, through the present tempest, fortified her mind against its worst perils. Leaving the lodge, she gathered up her scattered ellects, nnd, accompanied by her mother, the bridal part disanneared. Tha chief att an his hnrin-akin cuin.ii, his legs crossed p irtly under bun, looking sour enough. Presently the bride nud her mother returned, and now began tho second scene. Iho duel no sooner recognised them thin a sound something between a grunt nnd a growl, but much nearer the latter than the former, and in n decided crescendo gave warning of a fresh eruption. Tho rumbling grew more emphatic, nnd suddenly Ids fury burst on ihe head of his wife. Seising her by the hair, he hurled her violently tn the ground, and beat her with his clenched fists till I thought he would broik every bone of hr body, and reduce her substance to a jelly. Perhaps! was a little hard hearted, but she had been one uf my bitterest enemies, and I had a feeling that if some of her ill-will to mo could bo beaten out uf her, I could bo easily resigned lo her fate. Tho drubbing ended, she roso nnd muttered something ho did not like. He replied bv a violent blow nn ihe side of her head, that sent her staggering tu ihe further end of ths hut. This last ar gument was decisive, and she kept her huge mouth closed for the night. Thero was a silent pause for some minutes, and, without nnuther word we ranged ourselves for repose. I thought the old henthen's conscience troubled him a little during the nitht; his sleep was broken, nnd he appeared very restless. Early the next morning ho went to tho lodgo of the newly-mar ried pair, ami had a long chat with thorn. They thought him rather severe upon thorn at first; but after a good from the million, and is spent fr and by the million. The deal of dinlomacy, a hotter understanding was brought I result ii therefore the taitt of the million, Tim queitiou about. Tho young people could hardly get over then occurs, how is this universal tuto to be im-sense of the indignation ihey had received ; but in the proved f There is tho sound, healthy material, un course of the day Ihey returned, bag and hnegnge, to I prejudiced, open to conviction, with a real, though not the old chief's; tent, nnd made it their permanent BDOUO. Coiirtino in the Backwoopi. Travelers encounter strange adventures, and find out more about a country in n brief tour than its inhabitants ever kuew. Madame Pnlsky, for example, gives us a piece of iolormation nbout love in the backwoods which will probably as-tunish tlio backwoodsmen themselves. She writes: Soon niter the arrival of I'ihnzv on tho banks of the Thompson Hiver, when ha and his party had hardly pitched itieir tent, a young backwoodsman enmu on horseback up tn them, and said, 'Which is the dnughi ur nt ihe Hungarian General !' Miss (Ijhay, who spoke English, asked him what be wanted t I reckon it's time lor inn to marry was tho reply; 'ami I uains to piopodH in you.' iho lady began to iniigti. uut nor novel suitor declared that he was in lull earnest ; tlmt ho did not live far otl', ami that he would as sisi her father in every way. But when he saw that his proposal was not accepted, lie rode oil' to bis business, without hiving alighted from his liorseduriug (he conversation. The Hungarians afterwards learned. that In the backwoods not much time is wasted in courting young ladies, or psyiug them attention lie fore msrringo. The pioneer visits a neighbor who has grown up daughters, and asks, 1 How do you do V places himself on a chair before (he chimney, chows, spits in the tire, nud utters not another word ; alter a while betakes hislt-nvo and when lie has paid a couple of such taciturn calls, he says to the young lady. ' 1 reckon I should marry you,' Thn auswer is commonly I have no obierh'm. 1 he couple, without turiher ceremony, proceed to tho justice nt peace and make their declara tion, and wiieu tho Methodist Missionary nappe ns to com- in thoir neighborhood, the civil m.irriogo is sol emnized religiously." The Courier dos Rt its Unis, in reviewing the twenty-live years of its history, mentioned the singular fact did it began ns a weekly, liiing its pih e nt rt per annum; nnd ns It became successively a semi weekly, a tri-woekly, nnd finally a dailv, iho pi ice has remain- ,.! nnebait'OxL At lira I auvs the editor. U Was hardly a journal, properly speaking t it Hf ,i,lla ,n"r" J"" lakitiu; posu-stlon of ihe nmntry in the name ol our language, trench journal ism men nsu n assumed its place fur the future, tn the ranks of the I American press. tin I American press. From the Homo Journal. AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE. Wecopy below, from Barry's Horticulturist, a very valuable essay on a subject to which attention is much needed. It is by 0. Vanx, Esq., uf New burgh, the partner or tne into lamented and beloved Dr. Downing, and its good sense and valuable suggestions are a fair typo of tho character which Mr. Vaux throws into all tho professional enterprises upon which, as an architect, he is employed. The article sneaks fur itself; but we wo will preface it with one remark made to us by Greenotigb, the sculptor, shortly before his death that the most happy circumstance for America was the cheapness and greater facility uf building, for the present, mlh wood, tor, tctA no permanency to the buildings of die country, there was tho belter chance for a national taste iu nrchiteeturo to act, when tuck taste ahould arue, aud form itself. We trust Mr. Vaux s suggestions are somewhat of an avatar tu such a de sirable era :1 " Whatever may be the prospect for American architecture in the good time coming, there can be little doubt ol the tact as it at present stands, that it is in many ways fur from satisfactory. Ovor tho leneth and breadth of this country are scattered cities and villages by thousands, and public and private edifices innumerable; and yet we muy fairly say, there are the build ings, but where is the architecture 7 there is the matter, but where is the manner ? there is the opportune ty, but where is the agreeable result? Is it in the churches 7 A few really creditable specimens may be quickly pointed out, but who will deny that the vast mapirity are dehcient in truthful dignity and artistic beauty? Is it iu the public buildings? Several fino works of art at once occur to the mind a llua'ins doubt perhaps, somewhat questions thu Americanism of their ex pression but they aro nobly conceived and do not shrink from the ordeal of tho artist's pencil. It is granted that they are successful. Then comes the question of the vast majority again. Does the memo ry linger with pleasure over the reminiscences ot a provincial tour, aud dulight to recall tho pleasant aspect of each town, with its tasteful hall, school houses, library, theatre, museum, banks, courts of justice,etc, cheerfully erected and gracefully arranged by its free and enlightened inhabitants for its own use and pleasure, of course but with u wise regard for mutual advantage and individual enjoyment, that ensures thu sympathy ot every passing stranger, tho more readily, too, as each discovers that he, even he, has been thought of, and that some study has been expended to give him pleasure? No; this is not a result to be looked for at present. Does tho secret of beauty lie in the private buildings, the stores, tho ware-houses, the mansions, the villus, the hotels, the streets, or the collages T Th're are, probably, at maenifircnt kottlt and t or ci in tke large cities of America as anywhere in the worta. Arentueture.tctthtn tne last ten years, has managed to get a genuine foothold in this department of building; it kas begun to pay, and that is truly an excellent sign, and one that offers food for relle.ction and solid encouragement: yet it is the few and not the many even hero that speac of refinement and a love of grace, which is as averse to meretricious display as it is lo ungainly awkwardness. Among tho private re si deuces a great number are excellent, but still ihe mass are unsatisfactory inform, proportion, color and light, and shade. What is tho reason nf all this? Why is there comparatively so lit tie benity in American buildings 1 Some will say America is n dollar-loving country, without tasto for the arts. Others, that expense is tho obstacle, and that the republican simplicity ol America cannot afford the luxury of good architecture. itio tatter oi muse resolutions is clearly incorrect, f"r knowledgo, nnd not money, that in the impor tant source of any pleasurable emotion that may be caused by a building; indeed, a simple, well-planned strncturo, costs less to execute for tlio accommodation obtained, than an ill-planned one: and the fact of its being ngreeuble and ell'ective or otb"i'wisH, does not depend on any ornament tbat may bo superadded to tne usetui una necessary lonns oi which it is composed. but on the arrangement of those forms themselves, so that they may balance each other, and suggest the pleasant idea of harmonious proportion, timers, and ag roe-able variety lo tho eye, und through the eye to the mind. All this is simply a matter of study before building, not of additional coat in building. The other solution of the problem, that Americans do not appreciate the beautiful, and do not care for it, or value it, is a more specious, but equally erroneous one. There aro doubtless many obstructions that have hi ud ered, and do hinder, the dovelopemeut of correct taste iu the United States; but it is not that the spring is dry, but that these obstacles prevent its water from mat earnestness and ordinary patience, may not over come. One important evidence of a genuine longing lor tho beautiful may be at onee pointed out. Almost every American bus an equally unaffected though not ol cutirso au equally appreciative love for the country. This love appears intuitive, and the possibility of euse and u oouniry place or suburban cottage, largo or small, is a vision (hut gives a zest to th labors of iudustrioiis thousands. This one simple fact is of marked importance! it shows that there is an innate homage to the natural, in contrailisfinethn to the artificial a preference for the works offiod to the works of mau and no mitler what passing influences may proveut the perfect working of this tendency, there it exists, aud, with all its shortcomings, is n vuluablu pmof of inherent good, true, and healthy taste; moreover, the greater includes (he Loss nu equal love fr nature, however crude it may be, speaks clearly of a possible love for art. A reference to the early history of theduiutry seems to show that the dominant spirit of Puritanism was ever iu opposition uinny autauco in uir one ans, wmcn were considered pomps and vnmiies, closely connected with superstition, popery, aristocracy, etc., anil eschewed accordingly. The result is not altogether undesirable, though it has appeared to retard the advance of refinement nud civiliz ition. The awakening spirit of republicanism refused to acknowledge the value of art as it then existed a tender hoi House plant, minister- i ing to the delights ol a select tew the democratic element rebelled against this idea in tola, and tacitly but none the jess practically, demanded of art to thrive in the open air iu all weathers, for the benefit of all, if it was worth anything ; and it not, to perisn as a troublesome and useless incumbrance. This was a severe eoursn to take, and the fleets are everywhere felt; but after all it had truth on its side, ami candor must allow that no local, partial class recognizing ndvnnce in nrt, however individually valuible its example might have boen, could in reality Havo compensated lor the disadvantages that would have attended it. Now. every step iu advance, slow though it be, is a real step taken by the whole country. When wo look at the ruins of old Rome, we say, u h it a groat people what temples! what mighty works 1 Aud, uudoubt-eily, Rome was truly great in individuals very great in r stroin; and clever minority, who spent with mark ed ability tho money ond labor nf thu weak and ignorant majority i but the pltbi the unlettered, untho't of common people, tho million were not great, nor were they Uuitlit to bo so, and therefore Itomo fell. During tke latt hundred wart there kas been a continn- out effort to give to the American million the rudiments of self reliant greatness, to anottsn ciatt legislation, ana to iii At tkn importance of individuals. " Aut America ant aidus," America r nu our has boon, is, nud will nrnbsblv ever be, ihe practical motto. It n not sur prising, then, that the advancement in the arts has been somewhat less rapid than tho progress in com mere la I prosperity and piliiical importance. The conditions were new, nnd it must be confessed rather hard. Con'.inuont east and lawre readily tcelcome art, wKtli constant action and inditttry require time to become amuainted with U$ mcntt. To Hie former it maw be a parasite nud yei be supported ; to the latter it mutt be a friend or nothing. The great bulk of the money that is laid out on building in the Untied Statea comes inorou;!lliy rairiwnni "'"i" i"r wi.rn is ginm Mini true; there it plenty of prosperity and opportunity; plenty of money and industry; plenty uf everything but education aud iho uiiiosion nf knowledge. Itns language may seem inapplicable to America, to whom humanity Is indebted for the successful introduction id' the common school system, which lies nt ihe mot of every healdiy idea of reform now at work in the world, bin Is lieveilheteis true. The genius of American art may, with justice, say of the genius of American education " If ilii Im net Islr to in, Whst care I how Iiir slie be." Education must be liberal and compieinensive, at well a universal and cheap, or the remit will remain incomplete. In the matter of architecture, to sr-cure anything permanently satisfactory there are necessary professors of nbility, workmen of ability, and nn np preeialive, aStle public. It would seem that architects in America are not at present, in the majority uf caes, bom and bred Americans; ihey have t imsequeutiy, serious dillicnlti.'B to contend against. They have to learn much, nnd to unlearn much more, ere the spirit instilled into their designs can be truly nnd genuinely American. There is no g.od reason now why lid stale of affairs should continue. Architecture it a pro- I'rttion likely to lm tn ontvlna!l drnntml in the L'nitel Stale for tcvcial hundred yr.irs at cud, and the demand il steadily increasing. H'hyfhrn thimld not pan-nt tpecu late for their sons in this line Why shnuU pot ihe aril ele. as it is tor heme consumption, ho ruined nt hornet It is an honorable calling, not certainly ollering such splendid for turns ns the men ham m,ii realize, but it is a fair npenitut. and tho only capital i'"t reouirn beyond brains nnd industry, is Ih" expense for books and an education. When a fair share of yminu Amor ion enters upon this study heart and soul, as a means of earning nn independent position, wo may ex wit a rapid natural dovelopemeut of the architectural resources of thn country, the pn s"iit meagre facilities lor artistic education musi no grauuutiy increased, anu the schools nnd oollegs will, piobably, after a lime, be induced to include in their e nirse of study, subjects calculated lo discover and foster in the rising genera-linn such unbind gifts as have a bearing on these matters. To ensure workmen of ability, a reasonable chance tu improve, is alone wanted. So lunv as the general i demand la fur monotonous, common plaoe, itureoty- ped work, the average of ability will necessarily be low; but with opportunity good, cheap, illustrated standard works, and a spirited weekly paper, devoted to (he special discussion of the subjects interesting to architects, engineers, carpenters, masons, and all the other trades connected witli building, a paper that should diffuse sound theoretical and practical information on the art in general and in detail throughout the whole country the ndvanco would be rapidly felt; for wherever there is an American, there at leust, be he rich or poor, is a reader, a thinker, nnd an actor. Self-supporting schools uf design for painters, decorators, moddellers, carvers, paper-stainers, etc., must follow in duo course) for tho positiveness of the need would soon become evident, and the object wuuld then be almost gained. With reference to the appreciative and able public, the press is the improving power that is to be looked tn. Cheap popular works on architecture, in all its bearings, popular essays, popular articles, popular engravings, aud hundreds of them, and yet all good these are the si mole, truthful aud effective means that are to influence the public, by supplying a medium tn rough which it may see clearly, and inus do ieu w criticise free 1 v. prefer wisely, aud act judiciously. These are the tools with which the lamented pioneer of genuine American architecture lnbored with such zeal and ability, and achieved so much. These are the materials that others, following his example, are now endeavoring to make use of, and the signs of the times in this present yeur, 1833, fur from beiug in any way disheartouing, are decidedly propitious. Proofs of an ad vouchor interest in this subject and of an increasing desire to respond to it are springing up in newspapers, magazines, books, lectures, etc., ana tne puunu is certainly not slow to buy and read. the truth is, not that America is aaouar-worsnip-;iitig country, without any love for tho arts, buta-dol-nr-making country, with restricted opportunities for I'sthetio education as vet: but win n this want is freely ministered to iu the spirit that it may be, and that it is justly to bo hoped will bo, ere long, there is reason to conjecture unit correct architectural tasiowm do na universal iu tho United States as is at this present time n correct popular idea of the nature of a republican form of government. Wo may then hope for genuine originality ns well as intrinsic beauty in American buildings. This subject of originality, however, is perhaps worthy of separate future consideration. GEMS FROM THE SANDUSKY REGISTER, We never fail to look at the local column of ' the Register for fun and sentiment, and we never fail to find them there. We copy the following specimens: A storekeeper in lowu advertises long pink eyed po tatoes, as "elongated tubers with scorhntio optics. That fellow must hnve been educated by one of Gov. glade's "School Murms." The New York Dutchman says there is one advan tage iu being old "you can loaf around the house without being called lazy!" and looks lorwara to a good deal of enjoyment after eighty years is upon his head. Who but u Dutchman could have fallen into this philosophy ? It Is this snmo Dutchman, we believe, who says: Fast horses soon tire, mid fast men are n good deal tike them. The youth that "goes it strong" at twenty, will find himself at forty -five with a tombstone growing out of Ids head. Many persons complain of Dyspepsia, for which there is a suro remedy. We had tho allliction, and a facetious old physician wrote us the following prescription, which we followed to the letter, and were entirely cored: iVti. Dyt. Pt. Close all outer doors of a lour story house, open the inner doors, aud take a long switch aud chase a cat up and down stairs till you steam 1 Wo enclosed a big egg to our friend of the Buffalo RoU;di Notes, and here is the reception which the " product" met: Another "fkhnal Machine." On Saturday, a gentleman connected with the American Express Company, brought into our office, a tin box, carefully sealed, and directed to the " Hough Notes, from the Sandusky Register." We were at a loss at first, tu understand the "why and wherefore" of the thing-visions of "infernal machines" flitted through our brain we remembered tho diabolical attempt to " blow up" tho editor of the New York Herald, a few weeks since, and how various individuals, at divers times had been sacrificed iu opening imaginary boxes of game, hampers of choice wines, Ace. Still, as we cu Id recollect no especial cause of quarrel between oursclf and tho Register, we plucked up courage and resolved on the desperate) euterpriso of opening the mysterious box. Opened, wo found what think you, reader? well, an egg and inch an egg. It is a verf. tablo monster a " whopper" and no mistake. The famous goose whose cackling saved Home, could never have " accomplished " such an egg. The fabulous egg which " Stnbad the Sailor " tells of, was alone a match fur it. Accompanying this nvariotis product of Saudasky, we found the fallowing: Mn. Roe on Notes: You entirely "repudiated" our "big baby" item, and imputed our hen's egg to a goose! The Baby stood your inuondu like a martyr, but Mr. P. 'a hoiinery was thrown into a state of indignant eggs citement by your fowl suspicion, and a premature delivery was the consequence. That you may no longer doubt its capacity, wo send the enclosed specimeu, with the complim. ntsrd'nll Sandusky chickens. Kiuiiter. April 13tb. P. S Madame is ibvug as well as could be eggf pre-led. N. U. If yoti still persist in your goose predilec tions the geiitlemnu of thu roost threatens tu set you up, shang-AigA. i'. t. a. Madame nopes you wm nut ooioo cntcten-hearted to own up game." " tggs lino unco omnes." Worespectfully inform Madame that wo knock un derprovided she will lurnish satisfactory evideuce that the egg is ol " home munuiucture, nni was not smuggled iuto her nrst. We wilt " tako the sense " of our ornithologists, and let her know. Tne egg is it uy of, incites, ami weigns iu ounces. It can be seen at our otlice, tilt further notice. We must tender nur thanks to the American Ex press Company, for the safe delivery of this eggs Inordinary "specimen brick,1' of Sandusky product. MEAN STORIES. Lawyers have their puns on nuns profits, and per fu inert theirs on the celebrated Chinese soap, known as Meen Fun, but I mean to tell you about mean men. That wns a mean Dutchman, that Hans Karg. He bad one beautiful Madonna-looking daughter, who no more resembled him than does a flower the root. ' Hans, how on earth do y.m keep the potatoes from freeiinp ?' asked a neighbor one morning. " Fy, I makes Carolina shleep on do botatoes," an-swered Huns; " dat keeps dem from freezin'l" There was a man wlm came into a country store with au egg, which he wished to exchange for a darning needle. To oblige him, tho store-keeper agreed to thn trade. The bargniu over, tho egg-dealer asked, " Don't you always treat when you've diiven a trade?" Not for so small a trade," answered the merchant. " A trade's a trade, whether it's for cue egg or a thousand !" Aghast at ihe man's meanness, the store keeper complied, aud asked, " What will you take f " " 1 like a glass of wino, with an egg beat up in it !" answered the mean man. Thn store-keeper snid nothing, but look the egg which be had just received from ihe man, and broke it. It happened to be a double yolked egg. "There!" exclaimed the mean man. "Now you must give me two needles, 'cause dial's a double egg 1 gin yon." And that wns a very mean youth who defined love as "a prodigal desire on tho part of a young man to pay some young woman's bonrd." And there whs Deacon Overreach ; now ha was so mean, ha alwnys carried a hen in his gig-box whon he traveled, to pick up the oats his Imrse wasted in the manger, aud ly an egg for his breakfast in the morn- ii'K Washington Bach. Some Democrat with a jovial spirit and a sharp sense of the ridiculous, writes from Waslut Eton to the Newlitn y norl Union. He Isughs at the endless crowd ot olbe.e hunters, gives a graphic de- riiilimiof tint iriliv of blinurv eiialnntera who hsiinl the Attorney General's otlice, aud narrates the following incidents : The other day a short iai gentleman irom Nstex South, attempii-d tu stop General Cushmgas he was starting for another part of tho city on speedy business. This is the story all tuid : Applicant. " tumoral uusinng:" Gen 0. " Ab glad to see yon understand the whole matter have tho greatest respect tot you can't slop now. (emu morning. Applicant. "Just one minute I want to see ymt very much." Gen. 0. "Shall be back in half au hour; or you must go with me," running. The Applicant, nn old stager, declares he will go will) him. and out ihey shoot at ihe back door, over tho gardens, the fat man panting and trying to talk, and the Attorney General striking n hoe line for his destination. Ai l ist the asthmatic catches a breath, mid cries out, "Can't stand this any longer! must givo up?" "Sorry to hue yotir o 'tnpiny," replies the General I "but business is pressing." The tat man bobU a post, gasps mn ur three limes, a terrible night succeeds, nnd he dehors that he will Hoi be found on the turf again pitied against such mettle. Thn Washington Republic proposes tins following: II'h bodv which no power can stop, meets a bodv which no power rnu move, what would bo ihe efiVct of a collision?" According tnour figuring, a littlo ' kicking up behind, old horse." Wit i., Wit an p JiiouMKur. At twenty years of age the will reigns i at thirty, the wit; and nt forty tho judgment. A Dismal Ipea . "If all the world were blind, what a melancholy sight it would be," said au Irish clergyman to hit congregation.

VOLUME XLIII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1853. NUMBER 36. iTJccklji Oljio Stolt Journal IS I'U11LLHED AT COLUMBUS KVERT TUESDAY MOMttNQ, r SCOTT ft BASCOM, .otniui iDaDinas, maa .id rtiu. mure Emuuii on mn. TERMS Invariably in wtntnt. i In OolnmtinB, 92 00. jva by mill, 91 GO j clubs of four uid up.&rdji, $1.2Jj j of ten .ad up mnl , 1 1)0. Til r. DAILY JOURSAL u fumlibed to city lutoribfti u MOO, .nil by mall nt pr IKtn ytur. THE TIU-U'KEIILY JUUKNAL la (3.00 . JIM. HA TE.1 OF I D YEB TISIXO IX THE WEEKL Y JOURNAL Li ft c So 1 So In So 9o to It ! S &l. 76 1 00 1 2fil 762 263 604 1)06 008 608 00 ft sqiisraa, 76 1 261 To2 HoZ 604 0D6 00 0 00 8 00,13. B squares, 1 00 1 76 'J 2T.8 604 C()6 OOfl 608 0011. ksniitm, '1 253 60 4 00 6 00 0 00 8 0010. ,14. 23. ll square, clmnKfitbln monthly, 820k year) Wsukly ,. IV4 column, I clmauraliu) quarterly 'Ho. (W column. I chHiitri'a(ilH uuanorlv Iff). jl column, I cliMiufkblo 4"trtf rly 100. 10 linns of till slit-d typo 1i reckoned n squsrs. AdTfrttoements onlrrM on Um Inside exclusively, dnubU ths above. rb. All Issulwl node charged duuta, and tnessureu' as If solid, Poctrji. From the. Xnnla Torch Light. THE GOINGS F0RTH OF GOD. dv otway cum Y. Someone has sent us a lot of old newspapers printed in Xetiin, snmo of them nsonrly ns 1827. In ono of lhm a Torek Light nf 18:j9 w find among the so-lected mutter thu following, which, on it has nut beon repriuted hrn since, wo innori ngiin for tho edification of thnso who may have come upon tho st ago since that time: Gob WALKKTH ON THE EARTH. TIlO purling rill And mightier streams boforo him glance away, Rejoicing in hit presence. On the plains, And spangled fields, and in tho mazy valet, Tho living throngs of earth before him fall With thankful hymnf, receiving from hit hand Immortal life and glmlneit. Clothed upon With burning crowns tlio mountain -he raid a stand. Proclaiming to tho blossoming wilderness The brightness of hi coming, and the power Of Him who ever livoth, all in all! Gob WALKKTH os nil; ocean. Brilliantly - Tho glassy wntors mirror back hit smiles. The surging billows and the gamboling tonm, t'omo crouching to hii fret. The hoary deep, And the green gorgeous island, offer up The tribute of their treasure pearls and shell And the crown-like drapery of the flashing foam. And solemnly the trsselatcd hall", And coral domci, of mansions in tho depths, And gardens of the gnldcn-sanded seas, Blond with tho anthems of the chiming waves Their allctunhn unto Him who rules Tho invisible armies of eternity. God jouRNKvr.rit in the sky. From sun to sun, From star to star the livid lightnings flash ; And pealing thunders through all spaco proclaim The goings forth of Him whose potent arm Perpetuates existence, or destroys. From depths unknown, unsearchable, profound, Forth rush tho wandering comets i girt with flames, They blend in order true with marshaling hosts Of starry wornhippers, Tho unhallowed orbs Of earth-born lire that cleave tho hazy air, Blanched by tho flood of uncreated light, I My with the fleeting winds and misty clouds Back to their homes, and deep in darkness lie. Gob jouknkykti! in the HKAVKN3. Refulgent stars, And glittering crowns of prostrate seraphim. Emboss his burning path. Around him fall Dread powers dominions bouts and kingly throne". Angels of God adoring millions join With spirits pure, redeemed from distant worlds, In choral songs of praise " Thee wo adore, For thou art mighty. Everlasting spheres Of light and glory in Thy presence wait. Time, spaco, lilc, light, dominion, majesty. Truth, wisdom all are thine, Jehovah! Thou First, mt, ii'rurMi:, i:ti;unal Potentate ' " EATT DARLING. Oh, they tell mo tlmu art dead, Katy Darling, Thai thy smile I imy never more behold1 Did they tell thee I was lalse, Knty Darling. Or my love fur theo had n'or grnwn cold ? Oh, they know not the loving Of the hearts of loin's sons, When a love like to thine, Katy Darling, Is Iho goal tu tho race lb:it he runs. Oh, hear mo, sweet Katy ! For Ihe wild flowers greet me, Katy Darling. And tho love-birds nro singing on earn tree ; Wilt thou never more hear me, Knty Darling ? Behold, love, I'm waiting for thee. I'm kneeling by thy grave, Katy Darling' This world it all a blank world to me j Oh. couldst thou hear my wailing, Krdy Darling, Or think, love, I am sighing fur thee' Oli, me th inks the stars are weeping, . Uy their soil and lambent light, And thy heart would be melting, Katy Dsrhng, LoulUst thou seo thy lono Drrmot Ibis night. Oh, liitt.n, sweet Katy! For tho wild flowers are sleeping, Katy Darling, And the love birds are nestling in each tree ; Witt thou never more hear me, Katy Darling, Or know, love, I 'm kneeling by thee T 'Tis useless all my weeping, Katy Darling, But I 'II pray th it thy spirit bo my guide And that when my lifo is spent, Ksty Darling, They will lay ma dona to rest by thy side. Oh, a huge great grief 1 'm bearing. Though I scarce ran heave a sigh ! And I'll ever be ilrcaming, Katy Darling, Of thy love everyday till 1 die. Farewell, then, sweet Katy' For tho wild flowers will blossom, Ksty Darling, And Iho luve-birdi will warble on each troo ; But in Heaven 1 shall meet thee, Katy Darling, For there, love, thou 'rt waiting for nie ! A LITERARY CURIOSITY. Thii'i.i; Acuostic A writer in the Calendar of last week rotors to n triple ncroMic, which he gives in i mutilated form, inquiring ioi to ils paternity, uud tup-1 posing ii to btvn oiigiiiaied in itioukidi times. I hnvu seen it in a h mk print-d about half a century ago, which i all 1 know of its antiquity. Perhaps some of your cl issienl renders enn tell when nnd by whom it was written. It it m ininly a curiosity in its way, nnd thoro are but few Iuiiu scholars who could pro duco it, D hns . ue peculiarly to which the writer in ihe Calendar does not adveri, nntiudy, the position of Iho aeroitio word, in the centre of Iho middle verse, thoro bein the same numlmrof syllables in i mo nue, un cuui-r siuo oi inn worn; mil giving to the central word the central place, which is not among (he least of its uuny dilllculties. Will yon, Mr. Editor, a;io the acrostic ui a corrected lorm, which convettr it into good hexameter and good Latin i I( ntnrrunrta mlcam I gtiltl iMrrs, rud I V, xpellltt-'iiotirsi K tele I'lKH'iin ill orb K, H 1c ravisi rrmnvrt Jcsu H esl clhta unitir 8, V trill srimuntimul V era prsirnnli tnit U, olvm jumtlm S etc prubst osie bvstl a. I add a translation : i As the sun, hiniua amonc all thu stars of the stow. ing firmament drives nwny darkness from the whole world, so Jestis dispels the hlimlini! clouds of fmorah darkness, and, animating tho heart at iho stme tinm wuti a true devotu,,,, proves himsell In be tho Sou of Kignteouiiioss to the b!esrd. We have here a beautiful Idea happily expressed Wrii tig under the restraints of her dc vers". u:al in the aenMii) f irm, th nu'leirdoes not avail bimself of nnv imwiitj iiiiuioiti, or eoniptoinio Hie sense .Hid beauty ol Ids comparison. Will some of tho ei perls tell us to wiiom we sre indented tor so ingenious a specimen of ncrostln composition? If, as supposed, th author is an old monk, who has been sleeping in cold obscurity i or cuiourips, no suouid nn cxiiumeil, nml canonized forthwith as a fit reward for his poetic labors. Who is no i vun you, iwr. r.ditnr, siir up tho "academic snauBs, bb ne may no Hidden away among the brush-j wood of that fimous locality. On is ist. " Siriefb." The Tribune has the foil owing nn "strikes," that am making mechanics aud others rid i CUlOIIBl There is tn bo a strike anion,, thn oin'lli.t. Street-beggars, also, afior the next Tmrtb ni will refusoanyihing below a sixpence. Gentlemen and ladie wlm Bland outside of the enclosure whence balloons ascend, nnd peep through the cracks expert to receive n Shilliiif nmsm nfinr Mm hippodrome is opened, luedead-hcail of tho theatres exnect to roelve it ompeinaiinn after tho present se.i.n. fitber bull hell or its equivalent. inn congregations ol Drs. prosy preaching have nil struck, nml exped pew-rent free, and mat trasses for temporal rest. "Julius, why is de getttu' uut ob de bed de 31st oh August lika one ob Moore's melodies f Dims you gib ,,ui' "7 i,w' uouwu inonui in course i does Why 1 " Uaoauia It's tut last rose of sura in sr." illisccllany. "."ported In Hhort hand Kxprossly f.ir llin Cotton Plant. A FEW DAYS BEFORE AND A FEW DAYS AFTER THE INAUGURATION. WITH A BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF THAT EVENT. UT AN AI.AI1 AMIAN. Came around by sea from Charleston to Baltimore, where I went in aoe ihe newspaper from ' my town," in tlio Hrmlhern und Western lleadinff Room. Conve- uieut place; Imiiid tny piper Unck-Jo was dead- very Kind ui me iJalliumre iimrulmutn. Cr.t uh m tho inordifr wid a i:ood went down to tlio dmmt, and Hfter n quick run pot to Washington safo and sound. (Uleia (dd Aunt titikoy for so far.) 1 una nuruiy put my noso out ot car Uelore 1 was surrounded by "(llIifl.inB follows, Withluiigajlliu bellowi." I wna narticula ly struek with the Borrowl'ul look of n colored gentleman who necmed t tko (.MmpusHion on mo. Indeed, tho hotels were full wutild rIiow mo 11 nice privme. boarding Iioiipo. Tho cidored gontloinau was so kind tlmt 1 bunded him my curpM baa (idl tho bii-'siace 1 hod). Juit llim I f.-luoinnlnii'' tiibbliiin m my co;it luil. 1 lur I uroimd it was a liitlo iiiLnDuiin, wanting 1110 topivo linn a lout or broml for hi mother. Hadn't imy brtmd with tne. Turned nromni colored Reiillonmn w.is fjone turned nnumd nttn nnd liUlo inlHiiioui whs gfiiie. Overcom" sunk uu u piuo box imd befiatl t think. " Oh. ullico ifekiiig," thought I, " to wlmt risks you put u," (I'm nfnr nn ollico.) After awhile I pot up end walked to llio National " im room." Went to Wown " tinr:otn." Went unnmi down the Avenue " no room." Well, ln-inn nil Aln- bauiinn, nnd Imviiif rond tho Cotton Plant take, I thought I Imd a riaht to demand comfort from tho editor and so I walked iuto tho nflico nml nsked pro. tectmn; clerk referred to tho list mid whUpered in editor's ear. Question Aro you suro that you nro a subicriber T Mf. " No, didn't say faiturn n render." Clerk and Editor. " Oh!" I'llllSU. Editor. "Being from old Alabama, you havo a claim on me," After two hours hard work I was stowed nway in the fr tirth siory of a house in a room with twenty men, aud two to three in a bed. Having made n contract tu report lor tho Cotton Plant, I went to work early in, the morning, Subject lino: Twenty clmpson their hacks present-1 liifT -twenty noses twenty open mouths twenty tufts of front hair (itomo like hog's brinilos) forty foot sticking beyond (lie ihortctt blankets I huvo ever dtvn two hundred toes twenty dirly ficen forty ar os i ninysoiien minus 0110 wali Btiiuu uno tiain ono pile.her half full id' wtit.-r, noil ouo towel. An irin'o desire fir clcunliness uroiHed me, nnd I started for Ilm wnt.b land, so ns to ho die brut. Just ns 1 g it ball way, by noino foul inMiop, ttnruped on a new subject not calculated in my report. His f.cn was covered with hair, at.d lie lay kind uf erotn ways between the ' feet nf tho Bleeeis. I put my foot upon his fool, wliereupon he seized me by the leg nnd tumbled me over on n tremendous big fellow. Mellow, there," cnut tho tremendous big lellow, ns he gave mo u ircim-mbiuit big dig iiuder the chin, "hollow, theie." " Mellow, yourself," nnid a chap just beyond the bl' follow, as he struck out nnd tnd that gentleman over the eyo. "Kibt!" said ano'hor, pitching into a sleopin:; stranger, who, I ntn willlit'' to mvenr. was iiitntly uiicon- set uisofliurm. Kiht " ' li;;lit !" " light !" wrnt cried out. 1 he chap with b ur on Ins tare, wlioeo foot I h.ul irtnuped 011, now mndo a runh for tho door, tho clnrot (lying from bis lioso He had been getting it. Hu thrunt his head out of i door and Imwlcd down thu stairs, ' Fi-ati ! li ab ! ball " .(nil imnuinntlie etlect on ft crowded hotel! I was trying to realize it, w hen 1 1 suddenly but all consiioiomess except that another big I fellow came up to me and shouted Hull up ! -' and j before I couhl nay 'it wasn't me," did somelhiiiL' I d know whut. 1 awakened from a dre:nn (in which I thought I had immortalized myselt by discovering seveinl new stars of largest magnitude, uud nil entirely new milky way) by u tremendous ringing of bells, nod the rush nnd the noise of a tumultuous inultiiudo out doors. In ihe same moment a tearful looking rhip appearxl at the door. lie wore a red jacket, blue tnwserB, and a gla zed hat, with the words Vif;tlniiro File company rto. M, on II. tell you be dampened lia rh-wn. fie wnll- ed our feces gralis, nud lelt Us not a dry sheet in I lie, gtac-y, the whito man, of the designs ot the tribe, room to wipe on. j whereby they took the nlann anil well nigh escaped. It was the tnird of Mnrclt, and being ant is lied that He proposed to exnmino Iho prisoners, ns tu who gave ''tho night" would bo boisterous, I took occasion to ; information. The old men nnsentwl to this, and Nno-fold myself up on n sof.i until dinner. Alter dinner 1 1 man among the rest. Stncey was lirnt interrogated by went leick and folded myself up ng.iiu umil supper. ; i,o of the old nin, who spoke Kindisli, nud interpreted So you see I had n g"d sleep, and tuined day into' p, the o'liers. Stiuey refused to betray his informant. "'p'1' , , I His wife was tlieu questioned, while at tlie sann mo' iext inortuii'f, iriuiitauu early, I was on my legs ; onwiig iin-noii luemaii nigui. in- uay win coin toui , indy, widi n slight rain. Harly in tlio morning the penplo ttintiuaiiils upon thoiiBimds bewail to move, all concentrating upon the Avenue. By ten o'clock Ihe whole city was iu motion. Omnibuses, wnviii'r with hauliers and tilled with delegations Irom oilier cities, i drove ratedly up and drwti the street, cheering each i other a s i h'y paed. Men on horseback carnages country wu:.on market rai ls hacks loot inuls, cov ered lh. bioad street from the Whito House to the Capitol, ii ul e-nh moment added to ihe number and confusion. The two (lags were S'-en streaming from Ihe dome of the Capitol, unhealing tlmt Congress was still silling, nml whoso wearied and sleepy members, and some half intoxicated, were hastily pushing thro' himines.i which should have been done at the early weeks of (he ses-iou. Every balcony was 111 led nnx- n, us neclis were slretcle-.l-h iwling babies were held j up by fat Irish uiir-ei, indignantly waning the procea- 'tj the third aud last time." Thonuony of ihe mother ion-boy were i limbing trees clubs el tipsy young I wnxed nioro hitter ; ii!ain she sought the eyo id Nun-men could hMtiefn everywhere, supporting i-neh other j Iuftii, but it was cold and motionless ; a pauan ofamo-upon the prinrtpie "divided we fall." The pnlirn roiii- muniiiwaited Imt reply, nnd Ihe tomnhawks were rniied tnencetl scoorui" the street uol's went into battle onieho'ly said the Mill had came out, whereupon tb-ro vas a irenietiiious itieering inun nmit r twenty iin.u-snud umbrellas somebody said falsely, tij:hl! upon which thero look pi ice n half dozen reul ones, uud so on as nt every greit g ithering. All nt euro theftigs struck on Ihu Cnpiiol. "Congress his adjutrned," was shouteil liy thoiisaiuln " here ihey c:me." In u moment a party of Marshals swept up the street a b ii file's blast Wit heard, und the United Stales Flying Artillery appeared on tint Aveiiuo. Soon the immense proees-ioii, civil and military, nro in lull length view There were n tremendous set ol bu-le(ed nud round shouldered fellows, calling tfiemseUes military men, who went trumping out of time alier n bra band. Baehrompanv had a b ind of innic, and earh li icd pi ' od dill'ereiit tunes on dilferi lit keys, nnd so muimged to make a deal of m-iso nml discord. V hilo standing at-ni'tst sull'oca'ed between two fat wein-ii in a b ilcony, a Mule nit bin elevated lo i-xnci!y in d'T my car hv n di.'Volrd papa, stnriled me by Iwre lie here he comes," cried even body ' Th'To's the Pre ddenl!" " Iluriab ! Hurrah ! Hurrah ! " G"t out from there, yon b iihering bhindi ihu-N," exclaimed n Pnddy below tne, to n lm 'kinitii who h id run his hor-.es close up to Ids honor's bo.jy, " g t out, or I'll smash Your btsts fitures, " '(iit voiir h'indkercbers ready," said an excit.d waherwoiiiaii-biol;ui;: person, "lo wave for the Presi dent. By this time Gen. 1'ierco, in an open carriage . -.i. the executive escort, passed "nur stand. " Hero be is ihero he is,'' vocil.'rated th urchin, till be mailo my ears ache. "Take your basts head away, ur I'll bloody his nose. Tk him nway. Hurrah for Democracy! Ould Ireland, and Giner.il Pierce." " Wave your h indkerchers wave, wove lo ihe President," and the old lady commenced working her arm up and down, making her "hamlkerrher" wave - i.. i c. .i... n-..: i... I....1 1 and every handke'rcb.ef bad .ped ils greolin g, and wo were enjoying ihe procession, the oal lady's arm none in the end for mo ? Ihey havo ail betrayed mo! kept going up ami down us ihough mechanically. Yes, nil, I except Irom Ibis number tho good Eugene " You will bo so kind, madam," spoke out in a calm n"l yourself. Adieu! my donr Josephine. Bo resign-voice a dignified g-Mitlemnn wiih an awlully crushed ! ed. I m, and never forget him who never forgot, h it. and rubbed-uMigiiustcnai, "to cense waving your ; nml never will forgot you. Farewell, Josephine. white handkerchief, the President and his escort havo i Navolkon,' passed us snmo timo sinco." I Upon rending these tidings so terrible, Josephine The old lady looked at him over her spectacles, still . was overwhelmed with grief, uud immediately answer-keeping her nrni going like a pump hnmlln. nt his letter, breathing the same spirit of devotion tu " The President has parsed ns, inndam," cnni timed ! him, who was once her husband, that had always char-the genileinati. I acteriz' d her noblo henrt, and entreated him lo say hut !. loiuiM, r, l in ..nr.! u i..-ar.. : "lie Pr-es-ediuil bus n-assed so mo limo since. shouted the eentlMnan nt the top of bis voice. "Yes, I know," replied the old lady in n ::raiefol ton" of voice, who thought her friend was kindly im-nu tin 't in formal ion. ns she turned nuaili uooii the street her broad lacs, keening her arm going all th-) timM. "Fire I fire!! fire!!! The recollection of the morning came over me. throw my sell from the balcony to the waterspout, nnd determined to reach the street speedily. I did reuch it speedily, unseating my pantaloons and a bilow on n box, who pitched into me, I was desperate at the ruin of my only presentable pants (1 culled them my delegation pants, as I was tu be presented in litem next day to the President by my delegation), and accord-1 ingly 1 walked into the gentleman rather to his concern. With my coat torn, my pants ruined, nnd my hat worse than shucking, I was escorted by the po lice, and locked up, 1 got a good bed, and after a tolerably long minnx considering, uy from '2 o'clock M. to seven o'clock next morning, t wua taken lo the Justice Court. I gave nu assumed name, Henry Dig-gins, nnd wns cl-ared on account of tlio "occasion." Here l mn, Mr. Cotton riant, hard up, wanting nil otlico, I chargo you livo dollars for this report, nnd if your renders like It, will give you tbn experience ol an Ullice Hunter a ihtiiimg drama, in three acts, The French have been apply ins for Nnpoleon's Will, deposited nt Doctor's Commons. Now wo should have thought that the French had mure than enuiigh lately articulated the following prnyor: of iho will of ono NaiiolHon nutto havo wished lor ano- ' O (tod! watch over Napoleon while he remains inert but perhaps this craving of the French for the in ihe desort of this world. Alas! though ho hath coin-wills of other persons may be aucotinted for by tho tact milled grent faults, hath he not expiated them by great of their having so very littlo will of their own. jPitncV sutler lugs ? Just Uud, Uiuu bait luuked into fail heart, NA0MAN-AK INDIAN TALE. We copy the following from one of Willis' graphic, racy descriptions, in that excellent paper, the Home Journal: My next neighbor up stream, Mr. Philip Verplank, (between whoso noble prom un lory-1 awn nnd our own Highland eyrio those two stroams have their meadow-meoliiig and united forthgoinu) gives me the following as a tradition which may posnhly contain the etymology. It is 11 slip from tui old newspaper, and I copy it as it stauds: ' LiUlo moro than a century ago, tho Iteautilul region watered by this stream wni p()H8i?gsed by n smnll tribo of Jndiutia which has long since hecomo extinct, or incorporated with some other savago nation of tho West. Threo or four hundred yards from where the stream discharges itself into the Hudson, ft whito family of the name of Blacey had established itself, in ft log house, by tacit permis-d'.n of the tribe, to whom Stacoy had made himself useful by hisskiil in a variety of little arts highly estimated by the savages. In particular a frioudfthip subsisted betweun him and an old Indian called Nnoman, who often came to his house and partook of his hospitality. The Indians never; forgive injuries or forget benefits. The family consisted of iStacey, his wife and two child run a boy and a girl tho former live, tho hitter threo years old. One day Naomari came to Stacoy'a log but, in his abaeuuo, lighted his pipe nnd sat down. He looked very sorious, sometimes sighed deeply, but said not a word. Htncoy's wife nsked him what wns tho matter, nd if he was sick. Ho shook his head, sighed, but said nothing, and soon wont nway. The next d iy he . cumoAguin,and behaved in tho same nmuner. Stacoy's wid began to think strange of thin, nnd related it to her hnnband, who advised her to nrgo the old man to an explanation Hie next time bo cuino. Accordingly, when he repeated his visit tho day af ter, sho was more import unite than usual. At last the old Indian said; ' I am a red man, and the palo faces are our otiomies why should I speak?' But my husband and I nro your friends; you have eaten suit with us a thousand lime, and my children have sat on your knee as often. If yftu have anything on your mind tell it mo, 'It will cost mo my life if it is known, anil the white-faced women aro not good at keeping secrets,' roplied Nao man. Try me and seo. 'Will you swear by your flrent Spirit, you will tell none but your husband?' I havo none else tu lell. 'But will you swear?' I do swear by our Great Spirit I will HI none but my hns-hind. ' Not if my tribe should kill you lor not tolling?' Not if your tribe should kill mo for not telling. N, n 111 u 11 then proceeded to tell hor that, owing to some encroachments of the white peopln, below the uuiuutaiiis, his tribo had become irritated, and were resolved that night to inissacroall tho white sottlers wilhin th.or re,.rli. Tlnit aim mint .iwl fin- tmr Ima. t, n,,i if..rm Li,., ..f .in,..r,. ...i i speedily as p.issiblo t ike their canoe and paddle with , Ic- r'1'"' tt"ulU mu,i- aml ul1 other unbearable things all baste over tho river to Fishkill lor salety. Be 1 ,0 cntnd with. eterday, Ireezmg; to-day,thaw-qui- k nr.d do nothing tint may excite suspicion," said .u,lt 1 ft,1n'p 1 1" a?c!'ullt 1,1 my. Naom m ns ho departed. The eood wilo soueht her "faience, and sutleriugs, and hasten to give you a husbaud, who was down on tho river fishing, told h the story, mid as no time was to ho lost, they proceeded to tlfir boat, which wan unluckily filled with water. It took kuiiih time to clear it out, uud meanwhile Stacy recollected his gun which hail been left hehiud. He proceded to the house and returned with it. All thii took up coiiHidurable time, and precious time it proved to this poor fmnilv. Tito daily visits of old Naomuu, :md his more than ordinary gravity, bud excited suspicion in mono of the tribe, who had accordingly paid particular attention to who had been kept on tho watch, soe-tiir the whole family about to take liieir boat, ran to the little Indian Tillage, abuuta mile otl, nnd gave the alarm. Five In-! diaiis collected, run down to the river sido where their cimies were moored, jumped in uud paddled after Sia- cey, who by this time had got tome distance out into ; I be 1 renin Thev unim-d 1111 dim an fiat lb .1 fi,. h i dropped his paddle and took up his gun. But his wile prevented his shooting, by telling him that if he fired, nnd they wero af terwards overtaken, they would meet. no mercy from the Indians. Heiirrordingly retraim-d, i, , I t.i;i ..iit.. ti!i ii... Biu..r r..n...i ;.. .i-.... ' down liia fon-bninl' All win i Nl imt ,!, ibr,v iu..r.i i overtaken wilhin n hundred yuids of the shore, and 1 catTied I nek with shouts of yelling triumph. When they cot ashore, the Indians set lire lo Stacev's house, nod diag'.'od himself, his wile nud children, lo man among iho rest, assembled to deliberate upon the att'iir. The chief nmonrj them, stated that some of tho tribo bail undoubted I v li,-i-o intiltv nl l mutton ie n...,ri. IM, t two ImliaiH stood threatening the two children ! wtl, intiialiawks incase s in did nut confess. She at- tempted lo evade iho truth, by declaring that sho had a dri'iun the night before, which bad alarmed her. nml that she had persuaded her husband to fly. "The (ireit Spirit never (bd;ins to talk in dreams to n white (lli;fl a(ti,i ,, !, ilnant Woman, thou hast two t mgues nml two faces. Spenk tho truth, or thy cbib (i,Pn i,n HUrr.y The little Ivy nnd girl were ttien ttrouglil closo loner, and the two savages HtorxJ over them, ready to execute ihir bloody orders, " Wilt Ihou tinmo," said tho old luiliati, "the red man who betrayed his tribe, 1 will risk theo throe limes." The mother answered not. " Wilt thou nnino the traitor? This is iho second time." Tho poor mother look i d at her husband, and then at her children, and stole n glatire at Naotmiti, who sat smoking bis oipe with invincible gravity. She wrung her liauds und wept, imt remained silent. " Wilt thou name tho traitor ? over tho bends if the childron, who beanuidit their )notber nut to let them I murdered. " Slop." nrb-d Natimiui. AH eyes wero turned upon him. "Slop," repeated he in a tone of authorily. " While woman, thou hast kept thy word with mo to the Inst moment. I um tho traitor. I have eaten of the salt, wnrmed myself nt the firi, shared the kindness of these Christian white people, and it wns I that told them fif their danger. I am a withered, lenfless, nraiirniess trunk; rut me down it yon will. 1 nui A yell ot indignation sounded on nil sides. , iiii i i i i i mi, nuiiiiiii'-o ui- iui u won mm iiiumiiT in nit in, null submitted to his fain. He fell dead at the feet of the white woman by a blow of a toinahiwk , no .,.. ny i,.w o a w on. But tho sacrifice of Naoman, nml the hrmnosn of the Climlinn,wl,il- woman ,1 t.,,111 to .nvMlmliw, ol (be other vietiniB. Thev n,rtabeil how. it I nond. , , , ., 71 . . , . , i I, ! . ; .ml Iho memory of .her Mo h. Ie preserved ill the name ot the P easant siream en whoso i i , ,i r . i i 1 ,i ,i i t ... : Murderer's Creek. inB DEATH OF JOSEPHINE. Darkness and clouds mirrounded ihe pathway ur Nu noil-oil. In v.iin In fttro'"hwl tit retrieve bta iortnnn The last eiigag.-ment at l.eipsio derided his fortunes for the timo mid consigned him to Elba. Napoleon was an oxilo, but in his retirement he did not in,, no il.n miv bMoof b,. iiv.ir t-fti.llv lovt-d. hi I,., I sephine'. Ho immediately addressed a letter tuber, hieaihinj: tho same spirit towards her that he had al-1 emmtry centuries ago, nnd who inhabited ill" it can-! ways manifested, ratbercongraiuliting himself that his ""I supposed that this vast continent has been por-' i.,iwl nml anirit tu.. Cn,.r i rum dri ..imnnoiiii widoiit 1 milted to bo n howling wilderness tor so many thoti- ;of cure, and intimating that hereafter bis pen should . lm anhaiiiotK i',,r ilm aworil "The world," said ho, " hi ns yot, only mmiii me in ....('it.. I .li.il! n,,ur .Imiu? ii.v.,11 in loll Hour tiinntr things have I lo disclose! how mnnv are the men upou . u-h.wo n I niliinnlx ina mini n ui'fli I tinvn itin. ' benefi.sup.m millions of wrelcbes! Whal havo they ll wor.i. ii .no worn,, iiy .. n. ... u,. I rircumstatires connected with her illness nnd death wo give in th Itiugunge el Mr. Abtioll. A few duvs after this letter was written, tho Empe-i r-r Alexander, with n number of illustrious guenis, lined with .loseidiiiio at Malittaiiton. In the evening twilight, ilm party went out upon tho beautiful lawn in front of tbn bmisn for reerenllon. Josen bine, I whose hcnlih had beuome exceedingly precarious 1 1 through euro and sorrow, being regnrdless ot herselli ! m devotion to her friends, took a violent cold. Iho next ilay sho wns worse. Without any definite form nl disease, she day alter day grew more taint nnd lee - 1.1.. i.ld it ulna uvidi.nl lb.il linr final rliniife urna mnr ! nt baud. Eugene and Ilortenso, hrrmost nueclinnaie children, wero with her by tlav nnd by night. They commit ideated toher the judgment of her physician, I hut deulh wns near. Nhe hertiil thn tiiliiioa with onr - feel composure, and called for a clergy mail londmiii- is'er to h -r the last rites of religion. Just alier this solemnity the Emperor Alexander en - tered the room. Eugene and Horiensn, bathed in in tears, wero kneeling ut their mother's side. Jose phitio berkom d to lh P.uipernr to approach her, nml said to him nud her cliildro i, " I have always desired the happiness of Frnnce. I did nil in my power to contribute to it ; and 1 can say with truth, to all of you now present, at my Inst moments, that tlio tirst wife of Nnnoloon never caused a tear to fl-iw. She culled for the portrait of the Emperor: alio un' zed upon ii long nnd tenderly; nnd then, fervontly i pressing it in her clasped hands to her bosom, faintly and hast seen by how nrdent a desire for useful and durable improvements he was animated. Deign to approve my last petition. And may this image uf my husband bear mo witness that my latest wish and my latest p royal1 were for him aud my children." It was tho 2iiih of May 1814. A tranquil summer's day was lading away into a cloudless, serene and beautiful (i veiling. Tho rays of the suiting sun struggling through the foliage of the open window, shone cheerfully upon the bed where the empress wasdying. The vesper songs of the birds which filled the groves of Mnlmaisoti floated sweetly upon t lie ear, ond the gentle spirit of Josephine, lulled to repose by these sweet anthems, sunk into its last sleep. Gazing upon the portrait of the emperor, she exclaimed, ' L'islo d' Elbe Napoleon!' and died. Alexander, as he gazed upon her lifeless remains, burst into tears, and uttered tliefollowilignllectiug yet just tribute of respect to her memory: She is no more; that women whom France named the beneficent, that angel of guodnos is no more. Those who have known JuHcphiue can never forget her. She dies regretted by her offspring, her friends, nnd her contemporaries."For four days her body remained shrouded instate for its htirinl. During this lime more than twenty thousind of tho people of France visited her beloved remains. On the 2nd of Juue, mid day. the funeral procession moved from Mnlmaison to Huel, where the hotly was deposited in a tomb at the village church- The funeral services were conducted with lite greatest maginticenco, as tue sovereigns 01 tlie allied armies united with the French in doing honor to her memory, when nil hud 1 eft the church but Eocene nnd Hortense, they knelt beside their mother's grave, and for ft long time mingled ineir prnyers aim itieir tears, a beautiful monument of white marble representing the empress kneeling in her coronation robes, is o roc ted over hor burial-place, with this simple bntelTecting inscription: KIIOENE AND HORTKKSE TU JOSEPHINE. ANTIQUITIES Og AMERICA. The following letter, which we copy from the Boston Horald, will claim attention. The writer of it is attached to a party who are engaged in making a sur vy fur the location of a railroad through New Hampshire and tho Northwestern part of New England. The facts stated by him must excite curiosity and study; and if they be fully established, may well demand the fullest investigation: Nestor Gap, Franklin Co., March 27, 18.13. Dear U.: Wo aro in tne small haoilet which bears tho name of Nistor Gap. We have boeu groping about, for the last two weeks, under the most discou- raninc circumstances. Wo havo had snow, hnil, sleol. sketch of a most extraotdioary discovery made by us, Veaterday, wo were surveying near the brow uf tho range of hills which makes up from this gap. Tho air win piercing and chilly, and filled with driving snow. Suddenly the suu closed in, and rain, mingled with hail, drove us to seek a shelter. There was no house or sign of liumau habitation within eight miles of us. Captain Edwards, who lends our party, had met with a severe sprain in the early part of the day, and was tnc:tpnblo of exerting himself; bom 1I1U cause lie sutiereit severely, witiie pHintutiy tracing our way in quest of shelter, Mr. Samuel Emerson, my .companion and chum, discovered a clift in the sido of "bo mountain, wiucii couia bo approacbed very easily, "d "..uid afford a sulhnent retreat for our party, We ro,;,11l'l H") "Pt, and bestowed ourselves as cosily roMlhle- wuro Plted both rum the wind nmf ,il,,rn1, . T.10. " 01cl"m ,of oar, fel.ngs, and tho udden TUsh ol blond 1(1 the SIlMnce, which always I follo"s like that to which we had been sub- l!,'ctf!('' 111 ft Utaot Xn very coin- '"r'ft1'10- . wuu nuw can uo .ong quiei, oegun o exiiloro every side and comer of our retreat. He noticed ft large ilat stone, which sounded hollow as he M1,r"ck U V nl'l,wurt'a l hi '"g "l' tho. R'""'l. i d'hcounected with any other ruck. Besides his quick y "Weu uuu n e none was oi a unteren ctiarac- ler Irom the natural formation oi the mountain. This was etiou'-h to excite his curiosity. With thu help (,f md 0,,l,thor' !'10 wfhich .WM '"B ut an angle, was removed, and we found an aperture beneath, lined with rude steps. This was n spur to further explorations. Alier half an hour's rather hard work, wo succeeded in making nu opening sutlicieutly large to atlord nu entrance. Before us lay n cave. Emerson, would have entered it nt once, but Captain Edwards restrained him until Mich time as ventilation would render it sufe. Emerson went iu first ; I followed, and the rest came after us. After descending seven steps, thu aperture widen ing all tho way, wo found ourselves in a spacious cave with the roof ncending, until it reached a height ol nearly forty feet. The size of tho chambur was, by actual measurement, ninety-four fret long, and sixty llireo feet wide at its widest part. Beyond this another flight ol steps, seemingly deeper than the lirst, extended to utiother chamber, but we have not vet explore.) it. What lay heyoud the first room, to wlnt extent tho cave reaches, or what it contains, remains to bo seen. But, judging from what we have already discovered, the investigations that are to he made will possess the most overpowering interest. When we Imd been in tho envo long enough to accommodate our eyes to tho dim light furnished by the opening we had made, we began to make our observation. Wo were filled with astonishment at what lay before us. The cave or grotto had evidently been used as a hiding place lor treasure, nml a place lor conceulmeut by those who had used it. Implements for defense lay iu croups upon one sido. They were of an exceed ingly antique form. Hero antiquity rested upon eve ry article be l ore us. the dusl id ages had settled down upon all things in the cave. Iu one corner we found throe earthen vessels, of I singular construction and shape. These were filled wuti ctin.oi silver, brass nnd iron hut mostly ul brans of various shapes. Tho coins born tioiinaire, were coaisely but most curiously wrought, and Captain Rdwntds, who Initials some knowledge of coins, declares them to bo entirely unlike any thing which ho Imd over seen or road of, and of a very ancient date. But the must singular and interesting discovery of all coiithts in our having tumid, in n niclie, so vera I known to us, upon wincb were i upon which were inscribed figures and characters, the meaning of which, ns yet, we have not been able to dett rnnno upon, or make out tho nation r ,,, , whioh , " ,,,. ,ns. i ... . , . ,f,.. i " i i .,,,;,, UKl,riK i.ulm.i.,xl,t. Wot,!k ' . ! '.. n - with us provbions or a weok, and bending lorourac- c mi-lil)Bi w ,,,, L.C y , c,,011i,er ,irMlly ! , i . , i ' i ... . J, discovered, unpiam nu warns is bo uoepiy liiioresieu iu the investigation before him, he hns abandoned, for a we. k at least, his surveyingexpedition. Hois tilled with the highest hopes, and, although a cold aud unimpressive man in the ordinary concerns of life, ho is now animated with thu greatest enthusiasm. Conversing n the topic this afternoon, lie de- dares his belief that both the coin nnd the scrolls have i a dato anterior to the Christian era. If this bo so, we 'certainly havonrluo that will conduct us lo an inquiry that has hitherto been clouded ill mystery and the si- U'licn of the grave "What was the condition of this I sand years; or that oar mighty rivers have Unwed through rich nud lertdo valleys since the creation. without tlio intelligence ol mau to sound the praises ul 1(10 1,'lfd Hlld Maker 111 Uicm Oil. ! Captain Edwards has forwarded a small quantity of Hie Willi, mm II Birnii oi no. mumi.u in, im hi uniui-r. 1 Cornelius It. Edwards Esq., of the Exchange Cotteo House, with a request that ho would lay them before the b'srued and st ieutiho men nt tioston, and also bo fore the faculty of Harvard University. Hisletturund package will doubtless reach the city by the same con veyauce that brings you this, and I recommend you to call on him anil view tho curiosities nf our cave. Be sides, lie may hive other and mure minute descriptions from Captain Edwards himself, than I ntn able, iu this hurried letter to give. You may depend upon heariug from me on our return tu this place We have a mail but once a week, which passes every Wednesday, so that you may expect to hear Irom tne more at length, , f , , of , wmU " . . . I remain yours, Jfcc, OH Alt I.ES G. PHO0TO It. SPRING IB COMING. Tiny blades uf grass aro struggling between Iho I ciiy's pavements. Fathers and bus-bauds, sighing, look at the tempting shop wlliJoWS dolcluiiy cuinitmg tho ! cost " of a spring ouiht. Mulls, nnd boas, nnd tippets ore among tint things unit were; anu snawis, and " 1 almas," and innniies, nnd nme tores oj oonnets, reigu supreme, though maiden aunts and sage mammas 1 sun niuuer ram wiuui, rani w mu, uuu cuuotu ino I Sin II Her sidewalk. I Housekeepers ure making a horrible but nocessnry I Babel, snipping up carpets, und disemboweling old closets, cheats and cupboards. Advertisements already 1 unnoor in ihe newspapers, selling forth the superior ad- vantages ot this or that dog-day ret rent. Mrs. Jones drives Mr. Jones distracted, at a regular hunr every eve- 1 tdng, hammering about " change ul sent o and air, ' aud I the "health of the dear children i " which, translated, i means a quantity of new bonnets and dresses, and a trip to Saratoga lor herself and tntimnle friend, Miss : Hob Nob; while Jones lakes his meals tit n restaur uut, I sleeps in the deserted house, sews on his missing but 1 tons and dicky strings, and spends his leisure hours where Mrs. Jones don't visit Spring is coming. Handsome carriages mil past, freighted with lovely women, residents ot ulherclties. for an afternoon drive! Dash oil, ladies ! You will scarcely find ihe environs of Huston surpassed, wherever you may hail from. A thousand pleasant surprises await you : lovely wedding nm lis. and nrettv cottages, and more ambitious houses with irrouns of statuary hidden amid tho foliaito. Hut furgol nut to visit our tweet Mount Auburn. Hush light laugh and merry jest as the gray-haired porter throws wide tho gate ! r your prancing horses to tread the hallowed ground. The dark old tines throw out their protecting orins above you, aud, in their dense shade, skep jyes us bright forms as lovely as your own while "the mourners go about the stroeis." Kille nut, with sacrilegious hand, the flowers which bloom at the headstone tread lighllyoverthe beloved dust ! Each tenanted grave entombs bleeding, living, hearts ! each has its history, which eternity shall aloue reveal to you. Spring it coming ! 'I he city belle looks fresh ns a new-blown rose- tossing her bright curls in triumph, at her fuultless costume and beautiful luce. Her lover's name is Le gion for she hath also golden charmil Poor little buttetlly ! bright, but ephemeral! You were made lor something better. Shakothedust from your earth-stained winga and $oart Spring is comine ! From the noisome lanes and alleys of tho teeming city, swonn little children, creeping forth like insects to bask iu God's sunshine so free to all. Squalid, for- siiKon, negiecieu, iney are yei oi ttiose to whom th Sinless said " Sutler little children to come unto me." The disputed crust, the savage curse, the brutal blow. their only patrimony! One's heart aches to call thu childhood ! No " spring!" no summer, to them! Noisome sights, noisome sounds, noisome odors! and the leprosy uf sin following them like a curse. Oae longs to fold to the warm heart those littlo forsaken ones ; tu smooth those mailed ringlets, to throw between them nud sin the shield of virtue to teach their little lisping lips to say "Our Father!" Spring U'coming ! Ye.s, its blue skies are over us its soft breezes shall fan us the fragrance of its myriad flowers be wafted to us. Its mossy carpet "hall bespread for our care less feet our languid limbs shall be laved at its cool fountains its luscious fruits shall seud health through these leaping veins while from mountain top, and wooded hill, and flower-wreathed valley, shall Ho it ono glad anthem uf praise from tiniest feathered throats. Dear reader! From that human heart of thine shall no burst of grateful thanks arise to Him who gitWA all? While nature adores shall man be dumb f G d forbid ! Fanny Fkhn, A SCENE IN PATAQONIA. Patagonia is a country of which less is known than uuy other upon the western Continent. Mr. Bourne's late work, therefore, which contains the narrative of a considerable stay and extensive travel in that country, is all the more welcome. To learn that human nature in Patagonia has much in common with bumau nature elsewhere, it is only necessary to read the passage an iiexed: "One evening, the chief, his four wivos, two daughters, nu infant grand-daughter, and myself, were scattered about die indue, enveloped in asmoke of unusual strength unit density. While the others sat around us unconcerned as so many pieces of bacon, I lay flat. with my face close to tho ground, aud my head covered with a pieco of gitanaco skin, the only position iu which it wan possible to sain any relief from the stilbng fumigation. While in this attitude, I fancied 1 heard tlio tramp of many feet without, and a coniused muttering, as it a multitude ol Indians were talking together. Presently a hoarse voice sounded in front, evidently aimed nt the ears of some one within, to which the chief promptly replied. I caught a few words enough to sail id y me tlmt I was not the subject of their colloativ. but that there was a ladv in the case and listened curiously, without any of the ! (right which grew out of the previous negotiations. The convocation grew animated, and the equanimity of his high mightiness the chief was somewhat disturbed, I cast u penetrating glance into the smoke ut tho fomalo members ol our household, tn discern, if possible, whether any one of them was specially interested. One look was suOicionl: the chiefs daughter (who, by tho way, was a quasi widow, with one hope-tul scion springing up by her side), sat listening to the conversation with unxioty nnd apprehension visible in every feature. Her mother sat near her, her chin resting upon hor hand with an anxious and thoughtful expression of countenance. The invisible speaker without, it soon appeared, was an unsuccessful suitor of the daughter, and had come with his friends to press his claim. He urged his suit, if not withclasaic, with 'oarimst' eloquence, but with success ill proportioned to his effort, The chief told him ho was a poor,good-for-nothing fellow, had no horses, and was unfit to be his son-in-law, or anyone else's. Tho outsider wns not lobe so easily put oil'; ho pressed his suit with fresh energy, allirming that his deficiency of horses was from want ol opportunity, not from lack of wilt or ability to impropriate the first that cumu within his reach. On the contrary, ho claimed to be as ingenious and acconiplidied a thief as ever swung a lasso or ran otl a horse, and a mighty hunter besides, whose wilo would never sutler fur want of greaao. The in-exornble chief heron t got considerably excited, told him ho wnsnp'ftr devil, nnd might bo oil" with himself; he wouldn't talk any moro about it. The suppliant, us n last resort, appealed to the fair one herself, beg ging her to audio on his suit, and assuring her, with marked emplnsis, that, if successful in his aspirations, he would give her ptentu of grease. At this last argu ment she was iinnhlo tu resist longer, but entreated her Tather to smction their union. But the hard-hearted parent, not at all mollified by this appeal from his de cision to an inferior tribunal, broke out in a lowering pasiiou, and poured forth a torrent of abuse. I he mother here luierposed, ami besought him not tu bo angry with the young folks, but tn deal more 1 gently and considerately with them. She even hinted thai he might have done injustice to ths young man. He might turn out a smarter man than ho bail credit for. He might who knew ? make a fine Chief yut, possess plenty ol horses, and prove a highly eligible mi'ch for their daughter. The old fellow had been (for him) quite moderate, but this was toomuch. His rugo completely mustered him. He rose up, soied the pnppoose'i cradle, and hurled it violently out of doors. hiiiI tho other chatlelsnititerlHininff tn his dmirh. ter. went after it iu rapid succession. Ho then ordered Iut to follow hr goods, ins'antcr, with which benedic tion she departed, responding with a smile of satisfne. tton, doubtless anticipating the promised luxuries of her new home, the vison ol which, through the present tempest, fortified her mind against its worst perils. Leaving the lodge, she gathered up her scattered ellects, nnd, accompanied by her mother, the bridal part disanneared. Tha chief att an his hnrin-akin cuin.ii, his legs crossed p irtly under bun, looking sour enough. Presently the bride nud her mother returned, and now began tho second scene. Iho duel no sooner recognised them thin a sound something between a grunt nnd a growl, but much nearer the latter than the former, and in n decided crescendo gave warning of a fresh eruption. Tho rumbling grew more emphatic, nnd suddenly Ids fury burst on ihe head of his wife. Seising her by the hair, he hurled her violently tn the ground, and beat her with his clenched fists till I thought he would broik every bone of hr body, and reduce her substance to a jelly. Perhaps! was a little hard hearted, but she had been one uf my bitterest enemies, and I had a feeling that if some of her ill-will to mo could bo beaten out uf her, I could bo easily resigned lo her fate. Tho drubbing ended, she roso nnd muttered something ho did not like. He replied bv a violent blow nn ihe side of her head, that sent her staggering tu ihe further end of ths hut. This last ar gument was decisive, and she kept her huge mouth closed for the night. Thero was a silent pause for some minutes, and, without nnuther word we ranged ourselves for repose. I thought the old henthen's conscience troubled him a little during the nitht; his sleep was broken, nnd he appeared very restless. Early the next morning ho went to tho lodgo of the newly-mar ried pair, ami had a long chat with thorn. They thought him rather severe upon thorn at first; but after a good from the million, and is spent fr and by the million. The deal of dinlomacy, a hotter understanding was brought I result ii therefore the taitt of the million, Tim queitiou about. Tho young people could hardly get over then occurs, how is this universal tuto to be im-sense of the indignation ihey had received ; but in the proved f There is tho sound, healthy material, un course of the day Ihey returned, bag and hnegnge, to I prejudiced, open to conviction, with a real, though not the old chief's; tent, nnd made it their permanent BDOUO. Coiirtino in the Backwoopi. Travelers encounter strange adventures, and find out more about a country in n brief tour than its inhabitants ever kuew. Madame Pnlsky, for example, gives us a piece of iolormation nbout love in the backwoods which will probably as-tunish tlio backwoodsmen themselves. She writes: Soon niter the arrival of I'ihnzv on tho banks of the Thompson Hiver, when ha and his party had hardly pitched itieir tent, a young backwoodsman enmu on horseback up tn them, and said, 'Which is the dnughi ur nt ihe Hungarian General !' Miss (Ijhay, who spoke English, asked him what be wanted t I reckon it's time lor inn to marry was tho reply; 'ami I uains to piopodH in you.' iho lady began to iniigti. uut nor novel suitor declared that he was in lull earnest ; tlmt ho did not live far otl', ami that he would as sisi her father in every way. But when he saw that his proposal was not accepted, lie rode oil' to bis business, without hiving alighted from his liorseduriug (he conversation. The Hungarians afterwards learned. that In the backwoods not much time is wasted in courting young ladies, or psyiug them attention lie fore msrringo. The pioneer visits a neighbor who has grown up daughters, and asks, 1 How do you do V places himself on a chair before (he chimney, chows, spits in the tire, nud utters not another word ; alter a while betakes hislt-nvo and when lie has paid a couple of such taciturn calls, he says to the young lady. ' 1 reckon I should marry you,' Thn auswer is commonly I have no obierh'm. 1 he couple, without turiher ceremony, proceed to tho justice nt peace and make their declara tion, and wiieu tho Methodist Missionary nappe ns to com- in thoir neighborhood, the civil m.irriogo is sol emnized religiously." The Courier dos Rt its Unis, in reviewing the twenty-live years of its history, mentioned the singular fact did it began ns a weekly, liiing its pih e nt rt per annum; nnd ns It became successively a semi weekly, a tri-woekly, nnd finally a dailv, iho pi ice has remain- ,.! nnebait'OxL At lira I auvs the editor. U Was hardly a journal, properly speaking t it Hf ,i,lla ,n"r" J"" lakitiu; posu-stlon of ihe nmntry in the name ol our language, trench journal ism men nsu n assumed its place fur the future, tn the ranks of the I American press. tin I American press. From the Homo Journal. AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE. Wecopy below, from Barry's Horticulturist, a very valuable essay on a subject to which attention is much needed. It is by 0. Vanx, Esq., uf New burgh, the partner or tne into lamented and beloved Dr. Downing, and its good sense and valuable suggestions are a fair typo of tho character which Mr. Vaux throws into all tho professional enterprises upon which, as an architect, he is employed. The article sneaks fur itself; but we wo will preface it with one remark made to us by Greenotigb, the sculptor, shortly before his death that the most happy circumstance for America was the cheapness and greater facility uf building, for the present, mlh wood, tor, tctA no permanency to the buildings of die country, there was tho belter chance for a national taste iu nrchiteeturo to act, when tuck taste ahould arue, aud form itself. We trust Mr. Vaux s suggestions are somewhat of an avatar tu such a de sirable era :1 " Whatever may be the prospect for American architecture in the good time coming, there can be little doubt ol the tact as it at present stands, that it is in many ways fur from satisfactory. Ovor tho leneth and breadth of this country are scattered cities and villages by thousands, and public and private edifices innumerable; and yet we muy fairly say, there are the build ings, but where is the architecture 7 there is the matter, but where is the manner ? there is the opportune ty, but where is the agreeable result? Is it in the churches 7 A few really creditable specimens may be quickly pointed out, but who will deny that the vast mapirity are dehcient in truthful dignity and artistic beauty? Is it iu the public buildings? Several fino works of art at once occur to the mind a llua'ins doubt perhaps, somewhat questions thu Americanism of their ex pression but they aro nobly conceived and do not shrink from the ordeal of tho artist's pencil. It is granted that they are successful. Then comes the question of the vast majority again. Does the memo ry linger with pleasure over the reminiscences ot a provincial tour, aud dulight to recall tho pleasant aspect of each town, with its tasteful hall, school houses, library, theatre, museum, banks, courts of justice,etc, cheerfully erected and gracefully arranged by its free and enlightened inhabitants for its own use and pleasure, of course but with u wise regard for mutual advantage and individual enjoyment, that ensures thu sympathy ot every passing stranger, tho more readily, too, as each discovers that he, even he, has been thought of, and that some study has been expended to give him pleasure? No; this is not a result to be looked for at present. Does tho secret of beauty lie in the private buildings, the stores, tho ware-houses, the mansions, the villus, the hotels, the streets, or the collages T Th're are, probably, at maenifircnt kottlt and t or ci in tke large cities of America as anywhere in the worta. Arentueture.tctthtn tne last ten years, has managed to get a genuine foothold in this department of building; it kas begun to pay, and that is truly an excellent sign, and one that offers food for relle.ction and solid encouragement: yet it is the few and not the many even hero that speac of refinement and a love of grace, which is as averse to meretricious display as it is lo ungainly awkwardness. Among tho private re si deuces a great number are excellent, but still ihe mass are unsatisfactory inform, proportion, color and light, and shade. What is tho reason nf all this? Why is there comparatively so lit tie benity in American buildings 1 Some will say America is n dollar-loving country, without tasto for the arts. Others, that expense is tho obstacle, and that the republican simplicity ol America cannot afford the luxury of good architecture. itio tatter oi muse resolutions is clearly incorrect, f"r knowledgo, nnd not money, that in the impor tant source of any pleasurable emotion that may be caused by a building; indeed, a simple, well-planned strncturo, costs less to execute for tlio accommodation obtained, than an ill-planned one: and the fact of its being ngreeuble and ell'ective or otb"i'wisH, does not depend on any ornament tbat may bo superadded to tne usetui una necessary lonns oi which it is composed. but on the arrangement of those forms themselves, so that they may balance each other, and suggest the pleasant idea of harmonious proportion, timers, and ag roe-able variety lo tho eye, und through the eye to the mind. All this is simply a matter of study before building, not of additional coat in building. The other solution of the problem, that Americans do not appreciate the beautiful, and do not care for it, or value it, is a more specious, but equally erroneous one. There aro doubtless many obstructions that have hi ud ered, and do hinder, the dovelopemeut of correct taste iu the United States; but it is not that the spring is dry, but that these obstacles prevent its water from mat earnestness and ordinary patience, may not over come. One important evidence of a genuine longing lor tho beautiful may be at onee pointed out. Almost every American bus an equally unaffected though not ol cutirso au equally appreciative love for the country. This love appears intuitive, and the possibility of euse and u oouniry place or suburban cottage, largo or small, is a vision (hut gives a zest to th labors of iudustrioiis thousands. This one simple fact is of marked importance! it shows that there is an innate homage to the natural, in contrailisfinethn to the artificial a preference for the works offiod to the works of mau and no mitler what passing influences may proveut the perfect working of this tendency, there it exists, aud, with all its shortcomings, is n vuluablu pmof of inherent good, true, and healthy taste; moreover, the greater includes (he Loss nu equal love fr nature, however crude it may be, speaks clearly of a possible love for art. A reference to the early history of theduiutry seems to show that the dominant spirit of Puritanism was ever iu opposition uinny autauco in uir one ans, wmcn were considered pomps and vnmiies, closely connected with superstition, popery, aristocracy, etc., anil eschewed accordingly. The result is not altogether undesirable, though it has appeared to retard the advance of refinement nud civiliz ition. The awakening spirit of republicanism refused to acknowledge the value of art as it then existed a tender hoi House plant, minister- i ing to the delights ol a select tew the democratic element rebelled against this idea in tola, and tacitly but none the jess practically, demanded of art to thrive in the open air iu all weathers, for the benefit of all, if it was worth anything ; and it not, to perisn as a troublesome and useless incumbrance. This was a severe eoursn to take, and the fleets are everywhere felt; but after all it had truth on its side, ami candor must allow that no local, partial class recognizing ndvnnce in nrt, however individually valuible its example might have boen, could in reality Havo compensated lor the disadvantages that would have attended it. Now. every step iu advance, slow though it be, is a real step taken by the whole country. When wo look at the ruins of old Rome, we say, u h it a groat people what temples! what mighty works 1 Aud, uudoubt-eily, Rome was truly great in individuals very great in r stroin; and clever minority, who spent with mark ed ability tho money ond labor nf thu weak and ignorant majority i but the pltbi the unlettered, untho't of common people, tho million were not great, nor were they Uuitlit to bo so, and therefore Itomo fell. During tke latt hundred wart there kas been a continn- out effort to give to the American million the rudiments of self reliant greatness, to anottsn ciatt legislation, ana to iii At tkn importance of individuals. " Aut America ant aidus," America r nu our has boon, is, nud will nrnbsblv ever be, ihe practical motto. It n not sur prising, then, that the advancement in the arts has been somewhat less rapid than tho progress in com mere la I prosperity and piliiical importance. The conditions were new, nnd it must be confessed rather hard. Con'.inuont east and lawre readily tcelcome art, wKtli constant action and inditttry require time to become amuainted with U$ mcntt. To Hie former it maw be a parasite nud yei be supported ; to the latter it mutt be a friend or nothing. The great bulk of the money that is laid out on building in the Untied Statea comes inorou;!lliy rairiwnni "'"i" i"r wi.rn is ginm Mini true; there it plenty of prosperity and opportunity; plenty of money and industry; plenty uf everything but education aud iho uiiiosion nf knowledge. Itns language may seem inapplicable to America, to whom humanity Is indebted for the successful introduction id' the common school system, which lies nt ihe mot of every healdiy idea of reform now at work in the world, bin Is lieveilheteis true. The genius of American art may, with justice, say of the genius of American education " If ilii Im net Islr to in, Whst care I how Iiir slie be." Education must be liberal and compieinensive, at well a universal and cheap, or the remit will remain incomplete. In the matter of architecture, to sr-cure anything permanently satisfactory there are necessary professors of nbility, workmen of ability, and nn np preeialive, aStle public. It would seem that architects in America are not at present, in the majority uf caes, bom and bred Americans; ihey have t imsequeutiy, serious dillicnlti.'B to contend against. They have to learn much, nnd to unlearn much more, ere the spirit instilled into their designs can be truly nnd genuinely American. There is no g.od reason now why lid stale of affairs should continue. Architecture it a pro- I'rttion likely to lm tn ontvlna!l drnntml in the L'nitel Stale for tcvcial hundred yr.irs at cud, and the demand il steadily increasing. H'hyfhrn thimld not pan-nt tpecu late for their sons in this line Why shnuU pot ihe aril ele. as it is tor heme consumption, ho ruined nt hornet It is an honorable calling, not certainly ollering such splendid for turns ns the men ham m,ii realize, but it is a fair npenitut. and tho only capital i'"t reouirn beyond brains nnd industry, is Ih" expense for books and an education. When a fair share of yminu Amor ion enters upon this study heart and soul, as a means of earning nn independent position, wo may ex wit a rapid natural dovelopemeut of the architectural resources of thn country, the pn s"iit meagre facilities lor artistic education musi no grauuutiy increased, anu the schools nnd oollegs will, piobably, after a lime, be induced to include in their e nirse of study, subjects calculated lo discover and foster in the rising genera-linn such unbind gifts as have a bearing on these matters. To ensure workmen of ability, a reasonable chance tu improve, is alone wanted. So lunv as the general i demand la fur monotonous, common plaoe, itureoty- ped work, the average of ability will necessarily be low; but with opportunity good, cheap, illustrated standard works, and a spirited weekly paper, devoted to (he special discussion of the subjects interesting to architects, engineers, carpenters, masons, and all the other trades connected witli building, a paper that should diffuse sound theoretical and practical information on the art in general and in detail throughout the whole country the ndvanco would be rapidly felt; for wherever there is an American, there at leust, be he rich or poor, is a reader, a thinker, nnd an actor. Self-supporting schools uf design for painters, decorators, moddellers, carvers, paper-stainers, etc., must follow in duo course) for tho positiveness of the need would soon become evident, and the object wuuld then be almost gained. With reference to the appreciative and able public, the press is the improving power that is to be looked tn. Cheap popular works on architecture, in all its bearings, popular essays, popular articles, popular engravings, aud hundreds of them, and yet all good these are the si mole, truthful aud effective means that are to influence the public, by supplying a medium tn rough which it may see clearly, and inus do ieu w criticise free 1 v. prefer wisely, aud act judiciously. These are the tools with which the lamented pioneer of genuine American architecture lnbored with such zeal and ability, and achieved so much. These are the materials that others, following his example, are now endeavoring to make use of, and the signs of the times in this present yeur, 1833, fur from beiug in any way disheartouing, are decidedly propitious. Proofs of an ad vouchor interest in this subject and of an increasing desire to respond to it are springing up in newspapers, magazines, books, lectures, etc., ana tne puunu is certainly not slow to buy and read. the truth is, not that America is aaouar-worsnip-;iitig country, without any love for tho arts, buta-dol-nr-making country, with restricted opportunities for I'sthetio education as vet: but win n this want is freely ministered to iu the spirit that it may be, and that it is justly to bo hoped will bo, ere long, there is reason to conjecture unit correct architectural tasiowm do na universal iu tho United States as is at this present time n correct popular idea of the nature of a republican form of government. Wo may then hope for genuine originality ns well as intrinsic beauty in American buildings. This subject of originality, however, is perhaps worthy of separate future consideration. GEMS FROM THE SANDUSKY REGISTER, We never fail to look at the local column of ' the Register for fun and sentiment, and we never fail to find them there. We copy the following specimens: A storekeeper in lowu advertises long pink eyed po tatoes, as "elongated tubers with scorhntio optics. That fellow must hnve been educated by one of Gov. glade's "School Murms." The New York Dutchman says there is one advan tage iu being old "you can loaf around the house without being called lazy!" and looks lorwara to a good deal of enjoyment after eighty years is upon his head. Who but u Dutchman could have fallen into this philosophy ? It Is this snmo Dutchman, we believe, who says: Fast horses soon tire, mid fast men are n good deal tike them. The youth that "goes it strong" at twenty, will find himself at forty -five with a tombstone growing out of Ids head. Many persons complain of Dyspepsia, for which there is a suro remedy. We had tho allliction, and a facetious old physician wrote us the following prescription, which we followed to the letter, and were entirely cored: iVti. Dyt. Pt. Close all outer doors of a lour story house, open the inner doors, aud take a long switch aud chase a cat up and down stairs till you steam 1 Wo enclosed a big egg to our friend of the Buffalo RoU;di Notes, and here is the reception which the " product" met: Another "fkhnal Machine." On Saturday, a gentleman connected with the American Express Company, brought into our office, a tin box, carefully sealed, and directed to the " Hough Notes, from the Sandusky Register." We were at a loss at first, tu understand the "why and wherefore" of the thing-visions of "infernal machines" flitted through our brain we remembered tho diabolical attempt to " blow up" tho editor of the New York Herald, a few weeks since, and how various individuals, at divers times had been sacrificed iu opening imaginary boxes of game, hampers of choice wines, Ace. Still, as we cu Id recollect no especial cause of quarrel between oursclf and tho Register, we plucked up courage and resolved on the desperate) euterpriso of opening the mysterious box. Opened, wo found what think you, reader? well, an egg and inch an egg. It is a verf. tablo monster a " whopper" and no mistake. The famous goose whose cackling saved Home, could never have " accomplished " such an egg. The fabulous egg which " Stnbad the Sailor " tells of, was alone a match fur it. Accompanying this nvariotis product of Saudasky, we found the fallowing: Mn. Roe on Notes: You entirely "repudiated" our "big baby" item, and imputed our hen's egg to a goose! The Baby stood your inuondu like a martyr, but Mr. P. 'a hoiinery was thrown into a state of indignant eggs citement by your fowl suspicion, and a premature delivery was the consequence. That you may no longer doubt its capacity, wo send the enclosed specimeu, with the complim. ntsrd'nll Sandusky chickens. Kiuiiter. April 13tb. P. S Madame is ibvug as well as could be eggf pre-led. N. U. If yoti still persist in your goose predilec tions the geiitlemnu of thu roost threatens tu set you up, shang-AigA. i'. t. a. Madame nopes you wm nut ooioo cntcten-hearted to own up game." " tggs lino unco omnes." Worespectfully inform Madame that wo knock un derprovided she will lurnish satisfactory evideuce that the egg is ol " home munuiucture, nni was not smuggled iuto her nrst. We wilt " tako the sense " of our ornithologists, and let her know. Tne egg is it uy of, incites, ami weigns iu ounces. It can be seen at our otlice, tilt further notice. We must tender nur thanks to the American Ex press Company, for the safe delivery of this eggs Inordinary "specimen brick,1' of Sandusky product. MEAN STORIES. Lawyers have their puns on nuns profits, and per fu inert theirs on the celebrated Chinese soap, known as Meen Fun, but I mean to tell you about mean men. That wns a mean Dutchman, that Hans Karg. He bad one beautiful Madonna-looking daughter, who no more resembled him than does a flower the root. ' Hans, how on earth do y.m keep the potatoes from freeiinp ?' asked a neighbor one morning. " Fy, I makes Carolina shleep on do botatoes," an-swered Huns; " dat keeps dem from freezin'l" There was a man wlm came into a country store with au egg, which he wished to exchange for a darning needle. To oblige him, tho store-keeper agreed to thn trade. The bargniu over, tho egg-dealer asked, " Don't you always treat when you've diiven a trade?" Not for so small a trade," answered the merchant. " A trade's a trade, whether it's for cue egg or a thousand !" Aghast at ihe man's meanness, the store keeper complied, aud asked, " What will you take f " " 1 like a glass of wino, with an egg beat up in it !" answered the mean man. Thn store-keeper snid nothing, but look the egg which be had just received from ihe man, and broke it. It happened to be a double yolked egg. "There!" exclaimed the mean man. "Now you must give me two needles, 'cause dial's a double egg 1 gin yon." And that wns a very mean youth who defined love as "a prodigal desire on tho part of a young man to pay some young woman's bonrd." And there whs Deacon Overreach ; now ha was so mean, ha alwnys carried a hen in his gig-box whon he traveled, to pick up the oats his Imrse wasted in the manger, aud ly an egg for his breakfast in the morn- ii'K Washington Bach. Some Democrat with a jovial spirit and a sharp sense of the ridiculous, writes from Waslut Eton to the Newlitn y norl Union. He Isughs at the endless crowd ot olbe.e hunters, gives a graphic de- riiilimiof tint iriliv of blinurv eiialnntera who hsiinl the Attorney General's otlice, aud narrates the following incidents : The other day a short iai gentleman irom Nstex South, attempii-d tu stop General Cushmgas he was starting for another part of tho city on speedy business. This is the story all tuid : Applicant. " tumoral uusinng:" Gen 0. " Ab glad to see yon understand the whole matter have tho greatest respect tot you can't slop now. (emu morning. Applicant. "Just one minute I want to see ymt very much." Gen. 0. "Shall be back in half au hour; or you must go with me," running. The Applicant, nn old stager, declares he will go will) him. and out ihey shoot at ihe back door, over tho gardens, the fat man panting and trying to talk, and the Attorney General striking n hoe line for his destination. Ai l ist the asthmatic catches a breath, mid cries out, "Can't stand this any longer! must givo up?" "Sorry to hue yotir o 'tnpiny," replies the General I "but business is pressing." The tat man bobU a post, gasps mn ur three limes, a terrible night succeeds, nnd he dehors that he will Hoi be found on the turf again pitied against such mettle. Thn Washington Republic proposes tins following: II'h bodv which no power can stop, meets a bodv which no power rnu move, what would bo ihe efiVct of a collision?" According tnour figuring, a littlo ' kicking up behind, old horse." Wit i., Wit an p JiiouMKur. At twenty years of age the will reigns i at thirty, the wit; and nt forty tho judgment. A Dismal Ipea . "If all the world were blind, what a melancholy sight it would be," said au Irish clergyman to hit congregation.